pronunciation advice

[MacLowlife]

Here on the wrong side of the tracks, there are many people named Kinloch or descended from people named Kinloch. We pronounce this name "Kin Law" with equal emphasis on both syllables or slightly more emphasis on the first.

How does one say the name of the Highland outfitters in Edinburgh?

[Chas]

Although not an expert by any means, I have heard it spoken. It has always been Kin Loch, as in Loch Ness or Loch Lomond. I have never heard Law.

[robbiethepiper]

Although not an expert by any means, I have heard it spoken. It has always been Kin Loch, as in Loch Ness or Loch Lomond. I have never heard Law.

. From Ceann loch = head of loch

[creagdhubh]

Although not an expert by any means, I have heard it spoken. It has always been Kin Loch, as in Loch Ness or Loch Lomond. I have never heard Law.

Agreed. I have never heard Kinloch pronounced as "Kin Law" either. It's "Kin Loch," and "Loch" not "Lock." The "ch" is somewhat emphasised.

[unixken]

Floating around here recently, was a link to an old episode of a TV game show on which Kinloch Anderson himself appeared as a guest. His name was pronounced "Kin Loch", as Chas and Kyle describe it.

[tpa]

Maybe this will help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRiWBRS3OC8

[Calgacus]

Maybe this will help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRiWBRS3OC8

Whilst that gentleman provides a decent lesson on how to pronounce 'loch', I think he could benefit from a lesson or two in how to be a bit more polite!

[MacKenzie]

It's "Kin Loch," and "Loch" not "Lock." The "ch" is somewhat emphasised.

So the "ch" is pronounced like it is at the end of church?

[creagdhubh]

So the "ch" is pronounced like it is at the end of church?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRiWBRS3OC8

[AFS1970]

I took that quiz and it says that I am neutral, which is odd because most people I know think I have an accent. One coworker from the south says I have a "country accent" although I don't know what that is. What I found interesting is that the Neutral description on the test results says that I may be from a region on the map that I have never lived in and rarely if ever traveled to, including Ohio and Indiana. It says I might have traveled a lot as a kid, but I still live in the city I was born and raised in. My parents were both from Massachusetts and before I was born they did live in Indiana (where my brothers were born) so I suppose that I could have picked up traits from there. However as a child I was sent for speech therapy so that I would not talk like my parents. So that may be where the neutrality comes from.

Oddly enough we have a Culloden Rd in my city, that just about everybody pronounces with the o like Oh. The coworker who says I have a country accent, her family are Tolivers, although I think she spells it like I just did.