Loughlinstown

GerardMUN · 01-09-2015 12:47AM #1

Quick question. Could a native Irish person tell me the correct pronunciation of Loughlinstown? I'm having a bet with a friend.

Thanks, G

osarusan · 01-09-2015 12:49AM

Locklinstown.

GerardMUN · 01-09-2015 12:51AM

osarusan wrote: »

Locklinstown.

Thank you. That's what she said. I was wrong

G

jimbis · 01-09-2015 12:55AM

There is a stop on the luas green line called Laughanstown that's pronounced lawhanstown, in case your mixing them up

NachoBusiness · 01-09-2015 12:55AM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Thank you. That's what she said. I was wrong

G

Tell us how you pronounced it?

So we can all laugh at ya.

GerardMUN · 01-09-2015 12:56AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Tell us how you pronounced it?

So we can all laugh at ya.

Loflinstown

LDN_Irish · 01-09-2015 12:58AM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Loflinstown

LOLinstown.

NachoBusiness · 01-09-2015 12:59AM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Loflinstown

https://twitter.com/MrNachoBusiness/status/638501349886414848

The Backwards Man · 01-09-2015 01:00AM

They've a habit of the oul fancy pronunciations down that way; Tallah, Joebstown, Dollkey.

syklops · 01-09-2015 01:02AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

They've a habit of the oul fancy pronunciations down that way; Tallah, Joebstown, Dollkey.

How do you pronounce Tallah/Tallaght?

My name is URL · 01-09-2015 01:04AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MrNachoBusiness/status/638501349886414848

Can't believe it's taken this long for someone to use twitter to circumvent the picture ban in AH

They'll probably disable embedding tweets now too

The Backwards Man · 01-09-2015 01:07AM

syklops wrote: »

How do you pronounce Tallah/Tallaght?

Tamlaght

syklops · 01-09-2015 01:08AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Tamlaght

Then you would be wrong.

Cold War Kid · 01-09-2015 01:13AM

It's an American and sometimes British (possibly other anglophone countries) thing to pronounce sometimes the "ough" and "augh" sound in names/place-names like "cough" or "laugh".

moc moc a moc · 01-09-2015 01:19AM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Thank you. That's what she said. I was wrong

If you didn't know for certain, what were you doing arguing about it in the first place?

The world could do with fewer people arguing about things they don't know the first thing about.

kneemos · 01-09-2015 04:00AM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

If you didn't know for certain, what were you doing arguing about it in the first place?

The world could do with fewer people arguing about things they don't know the first thing about.

It could do with less confrontational people .

Dimithy · 01-09-2015 04:24AM

kneemos wrote: »

It could do with less confrontational people .

Says who?

Peregrine · 01-09-2015 08:38AM

kneemos wrote: »

It could do with less confrontational people .

Who are you calling confrontational? :mad:

smash · 01-09-2015 09:47AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

They've a habit of the oul fancy pronunciations down that way; Tallah, Joebstown, Dollkey.

You mean Dawkey?

01-09-2015 12:26PM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

It's an American and sometimes British (possibly other anglophone countries) thing to pronounce sometimes the "ough" and "augh" sound in names/place-names like "cough" or "laugh".

Yep, know British people who couldn't pronounce their own address. They lived in a townland that started with "Lough..." and they just always called it "Luff"...

wakka12 · 01-09-2015 12:45PM

I say locklinstown but I know people who say it like lawklinstown

Carawaystick · 01-09-2015 02:14PM

Sher head down to Kilmacanogue and see how ya say that....

Paramite Pie · 01-09-2015 03:06PM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Thank you. That's what she said. I was wrong

There was no other logical pronunciation though.....:pac:

Cold War Kid wrote: »

It's an American and sometimes British (possibly other anglophone countries) thing to pronounce sometimes the "ough" and "augh" sound in names/place-names like "cough" or "laugh".

Ironic since it was the British who re-spelt all our town-names with 'gh' endings in the first place. The eijits.

Boom_Bap · 01-09-2015 03:32PM

GerardMUN wrote: »

Loflinstown

There is a place in Nevada called Laughlin which is pronounced Lawflin.
That could be where you are getting confused.

I used to work in tourism, the way people not from Ireland pronounced Howth was amusing.

fleet_admiral · 01-09-2015 03:34PM

The Lough Inn. Make it out alive to be given the freedom of the city

ThisRegard · 01-09-2015 03:47PM

Carawaystick wrote: »

Sher head down to Kilmacanogue and see how ya say that....

How do you pronounce it ? I say Kill-ma-chanic, others say Kill-mac-an-ogue.

Maybe we should just officially call it Kilmac like so many already do.

Supercell · 01-09-2015 03:56PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

The Lough Inn. Make it out alive to be given the freedom of the city

Often thought the same myself

uch · 01-09-2015 04:21PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

The Lough Inn. Make it out alive to be given the freedom of the city

Supercell wrote: »

Often thought the same myself

Ah it's not that bad in the Lounge anymore, you just can't enter the Bar unless you are known to 2 Barmen and at least 13 locals

keano_afc · 01-09-2015 04:28PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

If you didn't know for certain, what were you doing arguing about it in the first place?

The world could do with fewer people arguing about things they don't know the first thing about.

Sor-ree, Kofi Annan.

01-09-2015 04:43PM

Keighley in Yorkshire.

Should be pronounced Keithlee.

Invariably pronounced Keeflay.

LordSutch · 01-09-2015 05:40PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

How do you pronounce it ? I say Kill-ma-chanic, others say Kill-mac-an-ogue.

Maybe we should just officially call it Kilmac like so many already do.

Kil-ma-chanic

All tne locals I know say Kill-ma-canogue, which they sometimes abbreviate to Kilmac.

Of course the spelling is a whole other ball came, with the bus displaying one version, (which the locals agree with), while the road signs display another spelling

Loughlinstown

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