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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
hiccough is hic-cup, just fancier. lough is lew. I didn't know that one until my late 30s and moving to the northwest. there were many signs announcing "such and such lough". I had to ask my uncle who had been resident for about 20 years about both the pronunciation and meaning... it is an area of seawater that is all but landlocked. it receives quite often fresh water as well, but will always have too much seawater to make it potable. the advantage to these that are navigable is that they make dandy sheltered waterways... sheltered from violent water activity that is
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In the UK lough is pronounced similarly to loch.
People's surnames can be a nightmare.
I recently read 'Miss Marjoribanks' by Margaret Oliphant and pronounced the name as written.
There was a radio adaptation on over the weekend and they pronounced Marchbanks.
And Dorothy L. Sayers liked her surname pronounced 'sez' apparently.
If you want your name pronounced a certain way, for goodness sake spell it a certain way!!
