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8th July 12, 08:59 AM
#25
 Originally Posted by unixken
Is the plural of "y'all" really "all y'all"?
In some places it's "you 'uns" 
Originally Posted by OC Richard
Gaelic nearly always has the stress on the first syllable of two-syllable words. The stress is on the second syllable of Argyll because it's not a Gaelic word, it's two Gaelic words.
In these compound names the stress is often on the second word.
The other one we really noticed on our trip was InverNESS. We had always stressed the first syllable.
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