Scottish help needed

[extravert]

How is 'Rubha Reidh' pronounced?

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[jimi]

Never being one to hide my ignorance under a bushel I'd venture

R-oo-ah Reef

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[Twister_Ken]

Isn't he the Minister for Health?

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[jimi]

Minister for health .. in Scotland .. do'nt be an oxymoron!

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[longjohnsadler]

Re: confused

When I first looked at this, I thought it must be a post by Jimi, or Claymore.
Scottish - help needed.

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[spark]

Locally it comes out as something like 'roo - ray' There is a syllable at the end of 'roo' that is barely discernable 'roo-i'. And the 'ray' is slightly nasal. You really need to be face to face with a man from Wester Ross to get it right.

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[Aja]

Rooa-Ree

Rhu - Point
Righ - King

Kings Point - sorry not White King as before...

Regards

Donald

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[Ohdrat]

Roo Rey - Red Point

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[Gunfleet]

English help provided

It's very gratifying to know that the Gallic fails to differentiate between red, white and king. I knew there was a reason why my ancestors learned English.

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[ParaHandy]

Re: English help provided

roo-ray = smooth point (or so gairloch-ites think)

asked a geordie directions to whitley bay ... i'd still be looking!

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[Ohdrat]

Re: English help provided

I've heard it refered to as red point.. ??

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[claymore]

Re: English help provided

Well, isn't that why they introduced Rubha Dubh - three kings in a Tub?

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Claymore
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[extravert]

Thanks for this and other suggestions. On a count it seems that something like Roo-Ray is the most popular.

This goes back to a pronunciation dispute from the last time I sailed round it. I have now lost the bet. Hrumph!

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[chas]

I think in Devonshire we would pronounce it "Rubber Ready"???