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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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Kingussie, Scotland - how do you pronounce Kingussie?
Which syllable is emphasized?
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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I've always been told the accent's on the "yu"
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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Yup. I've been there a couple of times, and the stress is indeed on the "yu." As a result, the g kind of gets lost, so it's something like "kin-YU-see."
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:09 PM
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The second and third syllables rhyme with "juicy" not "fussy".
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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All correct, but don't go there. You'll get webbed toes because of the rain
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:29 PM
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Oh go on then, who's going to try Milngavie and Kirkcudbright?
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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cur-KOO-bree
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Once you've worked out that Kikcudbright is KirKOObree and Milngavie is MulGAee, how about Culross (beware, not as simple as it looks) and Kilconquhar?
The good news is that once you've learned to speak Gaelic these are much easier ;-)
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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All I can say to you is "Hawick."
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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Or Anstruther.
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Old Nov 1st, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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If you do go to Kingussie - there is brilliant restaurant with rooms called THE CROSS. It's expensive but well worth it.
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Old Nov 2nd, 2005 | 08:42 AM
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We're going to Scotland in May and will spend most of our time in the Highlands. Kingussie is one of the places we are considering staying. So I thought it would be nice to know how to pronounce it.
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