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Logiealmond Estate (pronunciation)

English translation: Logiealmond

09:49 Aug 17, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Geology / Name of some place
English term or phrase: Logiealmond Estate (pronunciation)
How 'Logiealmond' should be pronounced?
Natalia Zakharova
Ukraine
Local time: 18:16
Selected answer:Logiealmond
Explanation:
Lo'gi'ah'mond

Lo as in English low
gi with a hard g

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Note added at 4 days (2011-08-22 08:50:39 GMT)
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It's more like the G in 'Go'.
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kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
Grading comment
Thank you ever so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +1Lagaidh Amain
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +1Logiealmond
kmtext


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
logiealmond estate (pronunciation)
Lagaidh Amain


Explanation:
Logie Almond (Perth).
"The place of the hollow by the Almond", from Lagaidh Amain.

Source:
[PDF] Kalemouth (Roxburgh) www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placena... +1'd this publicly. Undo
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The Gaelic pronunciation of this name was recorded as kynn-nettel, and although it ...... Logie Almond (Perth). "The loch of the minnows". ...


Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
23 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
logiealmond estate (pronunciation)
Logiealmond


Explanation:
Lo'gi'ah'mond

Lo as in English low
gi with a hard g

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Note added at 4 days (2011-08-22 08:50:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

It's more like the G in 'Go'.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you ever so much!
Notes to answerer
Asker: gi as in Enlish 'game'?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FVS (X): I've never mastered the phonetic alphabet but this is the only way to show how it is pronounced in text form.
3 mins
  -> Mòran taing
neutral  Tony M: Not qualified to 'agree', but just wanted to ask where you'd place the emphasis, given the original Gaelic? I'd have guessed on LO and MOND, but I'd be interested to know the correct way!
1 hr
  -> The emphais goes on lo and ah.
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