tedgale

annhig: If you've seen the film Enchanted April, you may recall the Alfred Molina character, whose first name was Melhuish, pronounced "Meh-LOSH"

PatrickLondon

Scotland is a whole other kettle of fish, especially when it comes to the Farquhars, Menzies and Urquharts of Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy and Milngavie.

annhig

except, tedgale, my headmistress was called Melhuish, and she pronounced it as it is writ.

jaja

American (of Irish descent, judging from surname)commentator totally mangled County Laois the other evening. While that doesn't have an obvious pronunciation, he should have looked it up before saying it before brazillions of people.

PatrickLondon

Ah well, that is (genuinely) from another language; but agreed, if he didn't know he should have looked it up.

janisj

Patrick: When I was in Dumfries last spring, my landlady was <i>most</i> impressed when I pronounced both Kirkcudbright AND Milngavie correctly