Old Unpronounceable - Bunnahabhain | Discover Whisky http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2008/04/07/old-unpronounceable-bunnahabhain/ Scottish Whisky Information Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Old Unpronounceable - Bunnahabhain | Discover Whisky http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2008/04/07/old-unpronounceable-bunnahabhain/#comment-122 Bill Marshall Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:04:35 +0000 http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2008/04/07/old-unpronounceable-bunnahabhain/#comment-122 Hi Ira, I completely agree with you; it's much easier than it looks, but for some reason many people find it difficult. I know one extremely intelligent academic who found the idea of bh sounding as v completely baffling and as a result just couldn't get it. But far more important, do you like the taste? slainte Bill Hi Ira, I completely agree with you; it’s much easier than it looks, but for some reason many people find it difficult. I know one extremely intelligent academic who found the idea of bh sounding as v completely baffling and as a result just couldn’t get it.

But far more important, do you like the taste?

slainte

Bill

]]> Old Unpronounceable - Bunnahabhain | Discover Whisky http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2008/04/07/old-unpronounceable-bunnahabhain/#comment-121 Ira Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:12:09 +0000 http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2008/04/07/old-unpronounceable-bunnahabhain/#comment-121 Not so unpronounceable... One just needs to know a few simple rules about Galic transcription, and I picked those up within hours of driving around Scotland and reading the road signs :-) it's pronounced BU-nah-HA-ven, in what sounds like an almost Swedish rhythm (Think about saying "Copenhagen" in a Swedish accent, without diphthongs (long vowels), and there you have it) Not so unpronounceable… One just needs to know a few simple rules about Galic transcription, and I picked those up within hours of driving around Scotland and reading the road signs :-)

it’s pronounced BU-nah-HA-ven, in what sounds like an almost Swedish rhythm (Think about saying “Copenhagen” in a Swedish accent, without diphthongs (long vowels), and there you have it)

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