Pronunciation

[skauwt]

None of those! Lochaber is a district(like a small county) in West Inverness-shire centering on Fort William(ish).No doubt if you google Lochaber it will tell you the history.Basically the area name probably pre-dates the county name by many centuries.

ahh right the west highlands cheers jock or should that be aaaa right

[Phil]

Try here for a pronunciation you can listen to. - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lochaber%20ax

[Macman]

Try here for a pronunciation you can listen to. - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lochaber%20ax

Thanks, Phil, but that's not how it sounds to me when Kenneth MacKellar sings it in "The Road to the Isles". I'll have to go home and listen to my CD again!

[Phil]

Sorry but that was the best I could find. Maybe Andy Stewart would sound better. I haven't heard Kenneth McKellar since he came to our church gala day about 30 years ago!

[Phil]

Thanks, Phil, but that's not how it sounds to me when Kenneth MacKellar sings it in "The Road to the Isles". I'll have to go home and listen to my CD again!

Is this the one? - http://www.isa-music.com/player.html...fed38f1b43a7ea

[Macman]

Oh, yes it is! Thanks for that!

[Phil]

The late Andy Stewart has the same pronunciation too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDz6clakhXw - so it must be right enough. Not a "lock" to be heard.

[skauwt]

http://www.mediafire.com/?zxzjoxhzlxk ok im not sure if this is allowed on the forum but i have taken a sample of myself saying "lochaber" i couldnt find my mp3 player to save in mp3 format so i had to use my blackberry bold instead to record this clip and then email it to myself i added it to this site to let you folks hear how us central belters say lochaber , i opened it with windows media player on my pc