We have a small town near here called Strathaven. The majority of the many places up here that have 'strath' in their name are pronounced as it's written. Strathaven isn't. It's 'Stray' ven. It mainly came about because the name gets shortened, so the 'the' part is removed. Personally, I think we just do it to annoy tourists...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I always thought it was Lawnston too. It certainly was when my then SIL lived near there and we got the Launceston bus with tickets to Lawnston.
But names like Featherstonehaugh (Fanshaw) and Cholmondeley (Chumly) make me laugh as it seems the posher you are the less likely to be able to pronounce all your syllables.
And I'm never sure whether other places called Magdalen should be pronounced as in Mary or as in the Oxford college.
Featherstonehaugh is a bit of a myth. Apparently almost everyone with that name, and there aren’t many of them, go for the full batch of syllables and not Fanshaw.
We should have bought it ... it would be worth a fortune now! We could just about afford it ... but would have had no money left for furniture. Or food Bee x
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I know the feeling - having nothing left once you buy. Been there - more often than I'd like Hope your current location is better though - I get the impression you're happy where you are
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
All good @Bee witched - thanks. Hope all is fine with you too Gardens are never really finished, as you say. I'm always shifting stuff around or adding bits and pieces.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Strathaven isn't. It's 'Stray' ven. It mainly came about because the name gets shortened, so the 'the' part is removed.
Personally, I think we just do it to annoy tourists...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
But names like Featherstonehaugh (Fanshaw) and Cholmondeley (Chumly) make me laugh as it seems the posher you are the less likely to be able to pronounce all your syllables.
And I'm never sure whether other places called Magdalen should be pronounced as in Mary or as in the Oxford college.
From memory I think the locals say K'n ukk ar.
We nearly bought a house there.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Probably a good idea you didn't buy a house @Bee witched
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We should have bought it ... it would be worth a fortune now!
We could just about afford it ... but would have had no money left for furniture.
Or food
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Hope your current location is better though - I get the impression you're happy where you are
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We built this house, and the garden is still work in progress .... but who ever says their garden is finished?
Hope all is good with you.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Gardens are never really finished, as you say. I'm always shifting stuff around or adding bits and pieces.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...