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Thread #124407   Message #2747409
Posted By: Abby Sale
18-Oct-09 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: Dick Gaughan pronunciation
Subject: RE: Folklore: Dick Gaughan pronunciation
Not actually as 'loch.' It's the soft guttural, well back in the throat and nearly unvoiced. That's why few non-guttural-language speakers can really hear it.

Stress on the first sylable.

In Edinburgh in years past we pronounced it Ga-hoon'.

OTOH, Dick doesn't care at all how you pronounce it.