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Helpwell how is it pronounced then? nt
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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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