What is the correct pronunciation of Lerwick ?

Lucca have never heard of Burntisland, is it in Scotland?
I would guess at two
Burnt island
Burnsland

Are we any nearer knowing the true pronunciation of Lerwick?

lemongrove

Lucca have never heard of Burntisland, is it in Scotland?
I would guess at two
Burnt island
Burnsland

The first one Lemon. Its in Fife.

Our dad used to drive us all (3 daughters, mum and dog) to granny's in Fife. Burntisland was on our route and it wasn't until I was in my teens that I realised it was Burnt Island - not Burntis Land!

Just realised I posted much the same back in May last year. That's what comes of reviving older threads!

X husband always had a problem with Fochabers !!!

I was watching The West Wing recently. They had an absurd character Lord someone who was supposed to be the British ambassador and told the President that he enjoyed a glass of Islay malt which he pronounced Iss- lay!

lemongrove

Lucca have never heard of Burntisland, is it in Scotland?
I would guess at two
Burnt island
Burnsland

Not guilty m’lud. Someone else mention Burntisland
I’d guess berland

annodomini I did exactly the same as you - until I heard the name pronounced on the radio one day.

Burntisland is a town on the north shore of the Forth estuary directly opposite Edinburgh.

You've made that one up to test us, right? ?

- then there's Warwick! ?

I am reading Raven Black by Ann Cleeve’s, I pronounce it Lerwick.

I live near Alnwick and used to say 'Alanwick' when I first moved here. Soon learnt it was 'Annick'!

Daddima my family as far back as 1800s are from Milngavie

Mill and bleach workers, farmers and weavers.
Not to mention a few in the workhouse.

Thankfully we are no longer poor wee church mice.

What about Northampton?

All of the older people I know in this area call it North-ampton, but over the thirty-odd years that I have lived in the area, almost everyone else has started calling it North-hampton, with an extra aitch.

Happisburgh Norfolk is pronounced Haysborough. It will soon all have crumbled into the sea.

varian

I was watching The West Wing recently. They had an absurd character Lord someone who was supposed to be the British ambassador and told the President that he enjoyed a glass of Islay malt which he pronounced Iss- lay!

That absolutely stuck in my craw too!
It was “Lord John Marbury” and they got the title wrong too as he is described as also Earl of Croy.
Lord “John Marbury” would be the younger son of a duke or marquess.
Lord Marbury would be /marquess/earl/viscount/baron of Marbury.
The Earl of Croy would be known as Lord Croy.
The actor (dead now) was actually Welsh, Roger Rees,classically trained (poss RSC) so should have known beter ???

lemongrove

Are we any nearer knowing the true pronunciation of Lerwick?

I think the jury is still out!

Near me in Norfolk is the village of Stiffkey, pronounced Stewky by locals and also I believe by Farrow & Ball who have a shade called Stiffkey Blue.