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    I hate to be pedantic, but.....

    ...the capital of Scotland is spelt EDINBURGH.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niblox View Post
    ...the capital of Scotland is spelt EDINBURGH.
    Pedanticity greatly appreciated. I actually know the correct spelling and should have been more careful in my typing---I got into the habit of expanding the spelling so it apeared phonetically correct for the pronunciation for my wife, because she kept calling it Edin-berg, despite all my efforts. Just never dropped that habit. Will do better in future posts. Thanks.

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    Looks like you had a great time!
    [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.

    Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
    (Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niblox View Post
    ...the capital of Scotland is spelt EDINBURGH.
    ...though Edimbourg (French) or Edimburgo (Italian) are perfectly acceptable.

    The prononciation can vary. Locals say "ed-in-broh", with the stress on the first syllable, while those who do correct pronunication say "ed-in-burra" with almost equal stress on all syllables.

    To say "ed-in-burg" or "ed-in-burrow" really makes the toes curl!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niblox View Post
    ...though Edimbourg (French) or Edimburgo (Italian) are perfectly acceptable.

    The prononciation can vary. Locals say "ed-in-broh", with the stress on the first syllable, while those who do correct pronunication say with almost equal stress on all syllables.

    To say "ed-in-burg" or "ed-in-burrow" really makes the toes curl!!


    I am in the crowd using "ed-in-burra" while it has literally taken months to get my dutch american wife switched over from "ed-in-burg" to at least the somewhat closer "ed-in-burrow". We americans are often linguistically challenged preferring to americanize foreign names rather than embrace their native pronunciations.

    Had a conversation with an 80 something year old native man in the countryside near Inverness when we had a rental car tire blowout, and finally got a good feel for most of what he was saying, especially the nearby places he was referencing, but his pronunciations were far from what mine would have been for the same named place given the spellings on the maps. I felt like a New Yorker in the deep american south with the degree of difference in the way we were using essentially the same language. It is true that the UK and US are one people separated by a common language.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForresterModern View Post


    I am in the crowd using "ed-in-burra" while it has literally taken months to get my dutch american wife switched over from "ed-in-burg" to at least the somewhat closer "ed-in-burrow". We americans are often linguistically challenged preferring to americanize foreign names rather than embrace their native pronunciations.

    Had a conversation with an 80 something year old native man in the countryside near Inverness when we had a rental car tire blowout, and finally got a good feel for most of what he was saying, especially the nearby places he was referencing, but his pronunciations were far from what mine would have been for the same named place given the spellings on the maps. I felt like a New Yorker in the deep american south with the degree of difference in the way we were using essentially the same language. It is true that the UK and US are one people separated by a common language.
    don't worry about trying to understand all the pronunciations/slang for places etc i struggle at times .

    i work with a guy from findochty, near buckie, but he calls it finechty, i had one hell of a job trying to find his number in the phone book

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    Thanks for all the pics! You and your son look great.
    "Touch not the cat bot a glove."

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    Suspenders AND a belt - Do we have a self-confidence issue????

    But really, why are you wearing both???

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    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    Suspenders AND a belt - Do we have a self-confidence issue????

    But really, why are you wearing both???
    I was expecting that question. Because of my girth my waist and hip measurements are the same and my kilts tend to slide down under my gut and over my ****, and the belt just wasn't doing it. But at the same time, using a sporran chain tended to bunch up my aprons under it while it also slowly slipped down under the gut. My solution to the slipping kilts are the suspenders (or braces, as they say there), and my solution to the sporran chain issue was to use sporran hangers from my belt (red jewelled silver badged hanging from either side of my belt buckle), which was along for looks and a little extra security in the kilt slippage department. I ordered matching suspenders for all my kilts but the IoS and usually wear them under a vest, sweater, or jacket so they aren't really seen (I actually have them on in every picture except those with the IoS kilt). The combination pretty much works like a charm.

    And besides, i have always been a "belt and suspenders" kind of personality anyway, even though this is the first time i have worn suspenders since my first wedding.

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    Outstanding photos and great job coordinating your outfits. Hoping to traval there next year. Thanks for sharing.

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