Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Do Americans have difficulty pronouncing the "ch" in loch? I know it causes no end of difficulty for English people who insist on pronouncing it as "ck" as in lock. Think of Johann Sebastian Bach - you know the composer - they always seem to get that right. Lochaber is pronounced Loch - abbur where the "abber" bit sounds a bit like the Swedish group Abba only the bba bit is more like burr.
Ah yes, the Gaelic "ch". Not has throaty as German, but not as sharp as English. I speak a little German from my grandparents, so when I began to learn Gaelic, all I had to do was tone it down a bit and I was fine.

I think most Americans say "Lock", but on the other hand, I think most Scottish-Americans know to say "Loch".