Scottish Forumites: pronunciation ' Buchanan St'

Please help with your input on discussion about pronunciation.

What say you: Bew – cannan or Buck-annan?

Much appreciated! Also helpful if you could cite your origin, thanks

Both are correct. I know some Buchanans – some pronounce it one way, some the other.

Byoo-kah-nin Street. Any other way is wrong. People will look at you stupid if you say Buck-annan. You’ll be, rightly, classed as a chookter.

edit: changed it to properly reflect the local lingo! 🙂

The former. Glasgow.

As above, former is correct.

Now, chair-ing cross or charring cross?

Byoo-kah-nin Street

Yep +1

Now, chair-ing cross or charring cross?

The latter.

Char-ring cross

As a family name I think it can be either but it’s definitely Bew-cannon Street. (just like my family name has 2 pronounciations but only one is right for my part of the family)

Origin: Embra

It’s Chair-ing cross, because that’s where the chairing of witches took place (where they’d be tied to a chair on the end of a pole and dunked under the water to see if they’d drown)

It’s bew-cannin st and char-ring cross in Glasgow.

charn crow-sss.

Bewcannon street. Stirling.

Don’t forget to go via Milngavie on the way (to test your newly found pronounciation skills)

Or Strachan near Banchory

Or Kirkcaldy
Or Kirkudbright

Ardnamurchan?

Strathaven.

It should be obvious its not.

I did get caught out with the Strachan one whilst working up that way once Straaaaan I got abruptly told. I thought just end up in the Neuk and as for Kilconquhar

Bew-cannon, and Chairing

Bew-cannon from a Cumbrian too.

On the same subject there’s a small village nearby called Torpenhow, but it’s pronounced Tr-pen-ah.

Hawick in Scotland catches a few out too.

Okay, is it Argyle or arGyle Street?

According to my Dad, it was Buckannan for centuries! Until Jack Buchannan became a big star in Hollywood in the thirties. The US pronounciation was bookannan and this then spread as the authoritative and sophisticated way to say it. Although Glasgow and sophistication don’t often go together!

my personal favourite , saucyhall street

Hawick in Scotland catches a few out too.

My mother in law and I were trying to correct my wife when she insisted it was How-ick and looked a nice place to visit, we were a bit embarrassed when it turned out she was talking about Howick in Northumberland where we were on holiday.

I’ve lived in Kirkcudbright and now live in Hawick.
Whenever you’re on the phone and they ask for a postcode to read back your address i shudder, especially as my current address has lockieshedge in it closely followed by something very similar but with a subtle difference.

Dalziel. 🙂

Milngavie and Kilcadzow to also upset outlanders, and Strathaven of course

Chairing Cross? Don’t think I’ve ever heard it pronounced like that

Another Aberdeenshire one.

Garioch

I live in Strathaven, and I’m now well used to saying: “its spelled ‘STRATH-AVEN’, but pronounced ‘STRAVEN'”, for those times when call centres get confused.

Strav’ is excellent btw 🙂

Enlighten me I’m an East coaster but wtf is Kilcadzow shortened to

That is unless you are saying up Sukky and doon Bukky 😉

Tyndrum?

scotroutes – Member
Tyndrum?

I still vary between “tyne” and “tin”- which is it?

I still vary between “tyne” and “tin”- which is it?
[/quote]Tigh an droma, so “tyne” is correct-ish.

Tighnabruaich?

Bruichladdich?

Let’s stick in Freuchie,Leuchars, Friockheim or even Alyth easy if you live near them

Walked into a pub on a recent Scottish trip, man sitting at the bar clocked me as obvious tourist and pointed to a pump handle: “that one’s good”.

Seemed a bit disappointed when I confidently ordered the An Teallach Ale by name 🙂 He was right, it was good though…

Kirkcaldy – Kir-kaw-day.
Strathaven – Stray-vin
Milngavie – mul-guy
Kilcadzow – No idea tbh
Tyndrum – I’d say tin-drum, the train says tyne though
Dalziel – Dee-el
Tighnabruaich tin-a-brew-ick.
Culzean – Kuh-lane

Few I’m not sure about, I’m coming from a glasgow soo side/ ruggie perspective.

Kirroughtree is another good yin. I got told the locals pronouce is Kirrock-tray, or something like that.