http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/spelling/ Recent content in Spelling on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/12/01/spelling-and-pronouncing-gaelic-mountain-names/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/12/01/spelling-and-pronouncing-gaelic-mountain-names/ <p>To non speakers of the language, Gaelic mountain names can look daunting on paper, a veritable glottal assault course, with mouth saying to brain, &ldquo;get ready to process&rdquo; and brain replying &ldquo;don&rsquo;t bother, just say <a title="Gaelic Mountain Names" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/11/20/gaelic-mountains-names">cheesecake</a>!&rdquo;. However, if I&rsquo;m sitting in the bar at the Kingie and explain to the imbibers that Glen Etive is pronounced Glen Etchive, the accusations of pretentiousness soon follow. So, I thought I&rsquo;d clear up spelling and pronunciation once and for all. Pretentious? Moi?</p>