Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
Jock,
That nursery rhyme illustration doesn't help us on this side of the Pond. Some folks say "baa, baa" with an "ah" vowel, as used in "block" or "walk". Others use a short "a", as in "apple" or "black".

Is the -aber portion of Lochaber equivalent to the -aber in Abercrombie or Aberstwyth? If so, I've heard it used with the short "a"
Baa, as in "ah" ( or as in "awe" ).