Correct Pronunciation of "Hogamany"?
Could someone please help with the correct way to say this - is it just like it looks, or does it have an interesting "scottish" twist to it?
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hog - man - ayy <BR><BR>For more info on hogmanay, try: www.edinburghshogmanay.org/ <BR><BR>Brian Blessed Badger. <BR><BR><BR>
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...was a Scotsman, and pronounced it like this:<BR><BR>hug-muh-NEE<BR><BR>
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I was at Hogmanay for the Millennium and I think My Crazy Former Boss has it correct. However, you do hear different pronunciations depending where you are at. I think Brian's pronunciation is more the way someone in London would say it. Tomorrow, I am having lunch with my friend, Judith, who is from Edinburgh, so I will ask her how she says it, and will post her reply. <BR><BR>Other things you will hear while walking around Edinburgh for Hogmanay:<BR>I lost the keys to my hoos (house).<BR>That looks like a coozy hat your wearin'.<BR>Give us a kiss lads, give us a kiss.
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My mother was born and grew up in Lochwinnoch, a small town outside of Glasgow, and she pronounces it hug-man-AY.
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There are regional variations. Either Brian or Dick are right. NOT "nee" at the end, tho'
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If you really think it's spelt as you put in the title, as opposed to that being a typo, that may be confusing you
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I just had lunch with my friend, Judith (3 courses and a pudding), and she says it is Hog-man-ay. She was born and raised in Edinburgh, so I will take her word.
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The Laird o' Phelps spent Hogmanay<BR>Declaring he was sober, <BR>Counted his feet to prove the fact <BR>And found he had one foot over.
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