Anstruther = AIN-stur

I tried that when I went there once and they looked at me like I was from Mars.

Hawick = Hike

Not quite. I'm not too sure how to write it, though; more like "HOY-ick", with the second syllable vowel almost inaudible.


Newtongrange = NITT-in

People from other villages in Midlothian call it Nitten. I live there, and locally it's nearly always "Newtongrange", exactly as spelt.


Corstorphine in Edinburgh, pronounced, Ker-stof-an

It's kor-STORE-fin, the second r is clearly pronounced.

They named a suburb of Dunedin in New Zealand after it. The locals there call it "CORE-ster-fine".