This is always a common question and one that has usually been hard to answer becuase however you write it down, and try to explain in words, if somebobdy cant HEAR it, they still dont really know.

So now you can listen to it pronounced! There is a song by the Proclaimers on youtube that has the word Lochaber in it a few times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy9GmieAEaQ

It will take a while to load so once you click the link press the "pause" button until the red line is all the way across and fully loaded.

You can either listen to the whole song or move the bar to the right place. You may like the whole song, nice scottish accents

Anyway at the time 1:57 exactly (little timer at the bottom right) they sing

"Lochaber no more, Sutherland no more, Lewis no more, Skye no more"

and then right at the end at 3:35 they say Lochaber again really slowly

so there you have it! the pronuncuation that everyone can listen to! and practice your accents for when you come over well they actually have an edinburgh accent not a highlands accent, but close!

Thank you Proclaimers to the rescue lol !

It's hard for American mouths to articulate the "ch" sound necessary to say it properly, but I'll be practicing nonetheless. Are there any other sources for proper pronunciation? I'd like to hear other people say it to give me a better idea on the sounds. Better yet, is there anyone from the Lochaber Estates office with a microphone on their computer who could post up a youtube clip saying the name?

Is this accurate? It's the dictionary.com audio clip for a Lochaber Ax:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... %20ax?r=14

well i would say def no......the song is close to it but nothing beats someone saying it to you eye to eye.....

For anyone planning on a visit to Scotland or Ireland, here is a link where you can hear & see the Gaelic (not Scottish) language and translations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/fogh ... _air_bheag

Enjoy !!!

Ray wrote:well i would say def no......the song is close to it but nothing beats someone saying it to you eye to eye.....

Darn... that pronunciation was easy!

Lord Venneman wrote:Is this accurate? It's the dictionary.com audio clip for a Lochaber Ax:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... %20ax?r=14

No no...completely wrong! dont listen to that!!

Great Group!! Will Be practicing my pronouncation
"Lochaber" along with my phony scottish accent:)

My friend Wilma says it one way and Peter says it another. They are a little similar but then again not. Maybe like someone from Alabama asking for the time as opposd to some person from New Jersey?

Oh there is definately many different accents in Scotland. It would be like saying "the american accent" well there isn't ONE american accent...new york, texas, california you can tell the difference between them all.

Same in Scotland there is not one Scottish accent. Ediburgh, Glasgow, Highland, Aberdeen....very different and you can easily tell where a person is from in Scotland by their accent. Edinburgh and Glasgow are totally different accents and only 50 miles apart!

LochaberEstates wrote:

Lord Venneman wrote:Is this accurate? It's the dictionary.com audio clip for a Lochaber Ax:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... %20ax?r=14

No no...completely wrong! dont listen to that!!

A PERFECT example of why you need to be careful on the net! That would make any REAL Scot cringe!
What are these people thinking? It's not even a real voice..... I hope no one has tried to learn from that!!!
How do you pronounce 'BLECH!'???

Hello everyone,

Please copy and paste the link below into your browser, to hear the correct pronounciation of Lochaber.

Beautifully demonstrated by our very own Lady Laura.

http://forvo.com/word/lochaber/

Best regards,

Alex
Lochaber Highland Estates