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Thread #45081   Message #4069692
Posted By: GUEST,Barry Winkworth
26-Aug-20 - 06:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: North Sea Holes (Ewan MacColl)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: North Sea Holes (Ewan MacColl)
I've asked a friend who now lives in Maud, about 15 miles from Fraserburgh. She's originally from Aberdeen, a little further away, and used to teach in Peterhead.

Trying to represent how she proununces it as best I can, I'm hearing Freyzaburra, with the 'R's well-trilled.

Does that make any sense at all?

I guess you'd have to adjust your pronunciation of Edinburgh if you want a perfect rhyme but I'm sure assonance would do. How accurate do you want, or need, to be?

Barry