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Help[Opinions] pronounced correctly, yes
in reply to a message by diamond
I love it, but I think it has to be pronounced LOKH-lin, and I know kh is too difficult a sound for a lot of people. It makes a world of difference from the more harsh sounding LOCK-lin. I do still get a bit annoyed when people calls Lochs, Locks, (which belong on canals), although I'm trying to change my ways ;)
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it is a scottish name and in fact the correct pronunciation is Lack-lin. I was told this by a person who is scottish and that is her fathers name. Because if you think about it the Loch Ness Monster is scottish and it is said a similar way to how Aussie's prn Lachlan.
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Lakh-lin rather than Lack-lin. That's true, but people say it both ways. Lokh-lan and Lakh-lan.
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Loch (Ness) isn't pronounced like 'lock'.
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well how is it pronounced then?
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Like this...
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1682#
Click on 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' (my old sig) and hear the poet pronounce Loch. He does it quite quickly but you can hear it's not a hard K.
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1682#
Click on 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' (my old sig) and hear the poet pronounce Loch. He does it quite quickly but you can hear it's not a hard K.
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Loch
Loch is pronounced with a khhh sound made in the back of your mouth.
Find the part of your mouth that says 'k' and say 'k' a few times. Then find the part of your mouth that says 'h' and say 'h' a few times (they're the same part of your mouth, btw). Then combine the sounds into a long vibrating khhhhhhh. That is the 'kh' sound.
Loch (and Lach in Lachlan) are prononced LOKH, not LOK, if you're Scottish.
However, here in Australia, Lachlan is LOK-lan :-)
Loch is pronounced with a khhh sound made in the back of your mouth.
Find the part of your mouth that says 'k' and say 'k' a few times. Then find the part of your mouth that says 'h' and say 'h' a few times (they're the same part of your mouth, btw). Then combine the sounds into a long vibrating khhhhhhh. That is the 'kh' sound.
Loch (and Lach in Lachlan) are prononced LOKH, not LOK, if you're Scottish.
However, here in Australia, Lachlan is LOK-lan :-)
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