Names of places and highland attire

[Daaaaang]

Now the question on all our (my) minds (mind):

How do you PRONOUNCE sgèanan dubh? Is it just shkeen-en doo? Or something else?

[macwilkin]

Stone masons (carvers), however, have been historically poor at spelling.

Abax

That's speculation, of course. Many people in the 19th century were poor spellers.

T.

[James MacMillan]

That's speculation, of course. Many people in the 19th century were poor spellers.

T.

Und hiw abut de 21nd Sentery? Cen doz folkz spill?

[gilmore]

That's speculation, of course. Many people in the 19th century were poor spellers.

T.

It's not that they were poor spellers, it was that there was no correct way to spell things until Noah Webster and the other dictionarists in the early 1800's. Until then, everyone spelled words as they sounded to them.

[McClef]

Now the question on all our (my) minds (mind):

How do you PRONOUNCE sgèanan dubh? Is it just shkeen-en doo? Or something else?

A good question! Much may hang on that diacritic è !

[sjrapid]

Hey, I thought this thread was about place names in Highland wear!

Such as:

Inverness cape
Kilmarnock bonnet
Glengarry bonnet
Argyll hose
Sherrifmuir doublet

These are just a few I noticed were left off the list.

Thanks Matt, for dragging this thread back towards to its original subject. I'll follow these up.

Best regards

[macwilkin]

It's not that they were poor spellers, it was that there was no correct way to spell things until Noah Webster and the other dictionarists in the early 1800's. Until then, everyone spelled words as they sounded to them.

Noah Webster, though, wrote his dictionary to create a distinctly American language which was distinctive from "British English" as well as uniform across the nation.

That's why Americans spell "honour", "colour", etc. incorrectly.

T.