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    While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

    SPORE-ehn, or

    spore-ANN...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
    While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

    SPORE-ehn, or

    spore-ANN...?
    Interesting--I always pronounced it the first way--but I was talking to a Scotsman and he pronounced it the second way. See following:

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporran

    This says the first way is "correct".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
    While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

    SPORE-ehn, or

    spore-ANN...?
    The former.

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