strathspey@strathspey.org:44029

John Chambers

Re: Sgian Dubh

Feb. 1, 2006, 11:09 p.m. (Message 44029, in reply to message 44024)

| sgian
| nf. g. sgìne; d. sgithinn; pl. sgèanan, knife
|  dubh
| a. black, dark
| dubh
| va. blacken, darken, blot out
|
| Anyhow, it's the pronunciation that's critical not the spelling .and that
| will tell the listener which part of the world/island/glen you come from!

So what are some of the pronunciations?

(Of course, there's the notorious problem of English lacking
anything resembling a usable phonetic writing system. ;-)