🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 15 Scottish place names people get wrong (and how to ACTUALLY pronounce them)

	Sep 29, 2022


	15 Scottish place names people pronounce incorrectly (and how to say them correctly)

	Knowing that Milngavie isn’t “miln-gavvy” or Sauchiehall isn’t “saw-che-hall” may seem normal for locals, but for visitors of Scotland these place names are - understandably - hard to pronounce on a first try.

15 Scottish place names people pronounce incorrectly (and how to say them correctly)

Here are the 13 things you should NEVER say to someone from Scotland (and why)

Many stereotypes about Scotland are, unsurprisingly, just stereotypes. So, if you’re visiting Scotland and want to avoid being told to ‘haud yer wheesht’ (shut up) or ‘get tae’ (go away), here are 13 things we recommend never to say to Scottish people...

Scottish Gaelic you already speak: 12 English words derived from Gaelic that we still use regularly

As most Scots are not Gaelic-speaking, they may think the language is completely detached from their lexicon, but it turns out often-used English words are derived from Gaelic.



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