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Sean Murphy & Alexander Smail

15 Scottish place names that people struggle to pronounce

Every country in the world has place names that are difficult to pronounce even to people from there, and Scotland is no different.

It is common for locals to make fun of tourists pronouncing Edinburgh or Glasgow wrong, but there are many towns and villages that even Scots have a hard time getting right.

From Hawick to Wemyss Bay, even names that look easy to say on first glance may trip you up the first time you try to pronounce it. In some cases, even sounding out each syllable won't help you.

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