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What does everyone think of the boy's name Lachlan?
I liked it for years since about 2003 when I first heard about it.
Thanks all!
I liked it for years since about 2003 when I first heard about it.
Thanks all!
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I like it...
...But only if you can say it with the proper consonant. Lock-lan is nails on a blackboard to me. Horrible.
...But only if you can say it with the proper consonant. Lock-lan is nails on a blackboard to me. Horrible.
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I love it . . .
I pronounce it LOCK-lin, like the vast majority of Australians :-)
It's very popular over here.
I pronounce it LOCK-lin, like the vast majority of Australians :-)
It's very popular over here.
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I really like it.
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I love it!(
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I really like it, as I like many Scottish names. However, I feel it has a bit of an "Australian soap opera" feel to it (there was a character in Home and Away years ago with this name which is probably influencing me here). I try not to let that put me off though, 'cos it is a great name!
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pronounced correctly, yes
I love it, but I think it has to be pronounced LOKH-lin, and I know kh is too difficult a sound for a lot of people. It makes a world of difference from the more harsh sounding LOCK-lin. I do still get a bit annoyed when people calls Lochs, Locks, (which belong on canals), although I'm trying to change my ways ;)
I love it, but I think it has to be pronounced LOKH-lin, and I know kh is too difficult a sound for a lot of people. It makes a world of difference from the more harsh sounding LOCK-lin. I do still get a bit annoyed when people calls Lochs, Locks, (which belong on canals), although I'm trying to change my ways ;)
This message was edited 6/7/2008, 5:02 AM
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it is a scottish name and in fact the correct pronunciation is Lack-lin. I was told this by a person who is scottish and that is her fathers name. Because if you think about it the Loch Ness Monster is scottish and it is said a similar way to how Aussie's prn Lachlan.
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Lakh-lin rather than Lack-lin. That's true, but people say it both ways. Lokh-lan and Lakh-lan.
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Loch (Ness) isn't pronounced like 'lock'.
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well how is it pronounced then?
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Like this...
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1682#
Click on 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' (my old sig) and hear the poet pronounce Loch. He does it quite quickly but you can hear it's not a hard K.
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1682#
Click on 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' (my old sig) and hear the poet pronounce Loch. He does it quite quickly but you can hear it's not a hard K.
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Loch
Loch is pronounced with a khhh sound made in the back of your mouth.
Find the part of your mouth that says 'k' and say 'k' a few times. Then find the part of your mouth that says 'h' and say 'h' a few times (they're the same part of your mouth, btw). Then combine the sounds into a long vibrating khhhhhhh. That is the 'kh' sound.
Loch (and Lach in Lachlan) are prononced LOKH, not LOK, if you're Scottish.
However, here in Australia, Lachlan is LOK-lan :-)
Loch is pronounced with a khhh sound made in the back of your mouth.
Find the part of your mouth that says 'k' and say 'k' a few times. Then find the part of your mouth that says 'h' and say 'h' a few times (they're the same part of your mouth, btw). Then combine the sounds into a long vibrating khhhhhhh. That is the 'kh' sound.
Loch (and Lach in Lachlan) are prononced LOKH, not LOK, if you're Scottish.
However, here in Australia, Lachlan is LOK-lan :-)
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I like it
I just heard it recently and really liked it, though I had to take it off my list because my husband didn't like it. I love the lake/water reference and thought my husband would like the reference, but he did not like the sound.
I pronounce it LAHK-lin. It's a bit harsh sounding. I don't like it pronounced LAH-Klin because it sounds too throaty to me.
I just heard it recently and really liked it, though I had to take it off my list because my husband didn't like it. I love the lake/water reference and thought my husband would like the reference, but he did not like the sound.
I pronounce it LAHK-lin. It's a bit harsh sounding. I don't like it pronounced LAH-Klin because it sounds too throaty to me.
This message was edited 6/6/2008, 12:32 PM
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Ditto REM, absolutely ditto--I'd throw up saying it like that--LAHK-Hlin, my throat hurts when I pronounce it as such. :)
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I definitely love it.
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I don't like it. When I see it I was to pronounce it like Scottish 'loch', and it confuses me.
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