Back of the Throat
Loch really is a fun word to say if you can pronounce it. It’s subtle. It always pains me a tiny little bit inside when I hear it said like “lock”, but you can’t blame people for that really. I guess it’s part of the accent. The only thing worse than “lock” is when a non-Scot really emphasises the -ch sound at the end for some kind of phlegmy comic effect.
I’d compare it to Johann Sebastian Bach, if I were trying to get across the correct pronounciation… which is near impossible in text…
I’m going to stop now before I further the stereotype that the Scottish are stern and grumpy. Flowers! Kittens! Muffins!
To talk about the strip, properly, it might be a bit odd that Elwood’s new to Scottish bodies of water, but as I pet I suppose he’s not really had the oppurtunity to travel far beyond his suburban neighbourhood. I’m having fun putting Elwood into this new environment, I hope you like what happens!
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February 17th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
lol i try and pronounce it as non-”lock”ey as possible without sounding like i’m trying to extract the urine of people with a Scottish accent lol
February 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
You should hear people try pronouncing the LL that is in a lot of welsh names, e.g. Llanelli is supposed to be CH-lane-CH-li but non-welsh pronounce is laneli ( is harder to type than to say lol .
February 18th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
oi, i live in Swansea and i’m from Hull and I know perfectly well how to pronounce Llanelli and all the other places
even Llanfair~~~~ lol
where in Wales are you?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I did live in Carmarthen now i live in Hamburg Germany
February 19th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
lol ahhhh you escaped the rain for the sun then
February 20th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
WHAT SUN !!!!!!!!! lol
February 21st, 2009 at 3:00 am
well that fiery ball in the sky you don’t recognise from your life in the Vale of Glamorgan… it’s called the Sun… shocking? hahaha