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Many Scottish surnames have pronunciations which are traditional in Scotland. Sometimes these are reflected in phonetic spellings. Some of these have died out, or are currently being supplanted within Scotland itself. They may differ from American or English pronunciations: | Many Scottish surnames have pronunciations which are traditional in Scotland. Sometimes these are reflected in phonetic spellings. Some of these have died out, or are currently being supplanted within Scotland itself. They may differ from American or English pronunciations: | ||
* Birse - "Beers" | * Birse - "Beers" (rhymes with "pierce") | ||
* Brown - "Broon" | * Brown - "Broon" | ||
* Campbell - "Cambell" (silent "p") | * Campbell - "Cambell" (silent "p") | ||
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* Dalziel - "Die-yell" or "Day-ell" | * Dalziel - "Die-yell" or "Day-ell" | ||
* Denholm - "Denim" | * Denholm - "Denim" | ||
* Dewar - "Jewer" | * Dewar - "Jewer" or "Jewar" | ||
* Ewart - " | * Ewart - "Yew-wart" | ||
* Ewing - " | * Ewing - "Yew-ing" | ||
* Farquhar - "Farker" | * Farquhar - "Farker" | ||
* Forbes - "Forbees" or "For bays" | * Forbes - "Forbees" or "For bays" | ||
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* Reid - "Reed" | * Reid - "Reed" | ||
* Ruthven - "Riven" | * Ruthven - "Riven" | ||
* Salmond - " | * Salmond - "Sammon" (silent "l" and "d") | ||
* Ure - " | * Ure - "Yoor" | ||
* Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt" | * Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt" | ||
* Wemyss - "Weemz" | * Wemyss - "Weemz" | ||