[SOC] Happy Hanukkah

[Reicher, James]

Andy, 

I'm not REALLY an etymologist, a linguist or a geographer, but from your
prefix, aren't you in Scotland? The word "loch" is NOT an English word
(or at least not of English origin), but Gaelic, or whatever y'all speak
up there other than the Queen's English.  It's moved into use in English
'cause EVERYONE knows how hard-headed Scotsmen are and don't want to try
to argue with 'em :)  Over on this side of the pond, everyone pronounces
it as "lock", but it I'm not mistaken, isn't it actually pronounced as
"lowch" (with the guttural ch sound)?


73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO (ex-N8AU)
 
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On Behalf Of Andy Swiffin
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:46 AM
To: Second Class Operators' Club
Subject: RE: [SOC] Happy Hanukkah

>  
> It's hard to get the transliteration right, because English doesn't
really 
> have a gutteral ch sound to it.  Sounds like someone hocking up a big
old 
> lung cookie. :)

THE English might not, but English certainly has.  For instance the
River that we look out over from our house flows out of loCH Tay.   :-)

Nollaig chridheil  agus Bliadhna mhath ur!

73
Andy

GM8oeg



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