Wham-plankton! Thud-seacucumber!

[davidn]

To avoid the problem of having to crowbar a packet of ramen in to the jug that I eat it from this evening (therefore shooting bits of dry noodle in to the five corners of my room), I hit upon the ingenious idea of bashing it up while it was still in the packet. Unfortunately, I seem to have overdone it a bit and my dinner now consists of a jug of hot water, beef stock and some dust.

I was out today with my parents looking at flats again - it seems most likely that Whitney and I will live in Cupar next year, but whereabouts remains to be seen. Properties are a lot less expensive there than in St Andrews, and the commute in wouldn't be too much of a problem with the Fiesta.

After I've finished this I'll probably go down to the Jack Cole Building and work on the practical for a while. Scarily, that idea is actually sounding quite appealing.

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[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

After I've finished this I'll probably go down to the Jack Cole Building and work on the practical for a while. Scarily, that idea is actually sounding quite appealing.

Overly ground noodles are clearly bad for the mental health!

[plette.livejournal.com]

I never got the hang of pronouncing Cupar. My academic mum instructed me that it's somewhere in between "Cooper" and "Cue-par" but I can only seem to do one or the other. I am a lingusitic failure.

So if you do move there, I'll probably refer to it evermore as "that town where David lives/lived." Problem solved.

[gr33bo.livejournal.com]

Well...yer academic mum was right - cos it's (at least for me) "Coopar"

[davidn]

It's just "Cooper", but with a bit more of an A sound instead of the E.

I can't remember if you can pronounce "Inverurie" or not... that's something a lot of people from the other side of the Atlantic have difficulty with. Not to mention Garioch and Balquhain.

[plette.livejournal.com]

You once said that I could pronounce Inverurie and you were surprised. Huzzah.

As for the other two...I would pronounce the first "Garry-ech" and the second one "Bal-cane". Do I win?

[raphx.livejournal.com]

A favourite for me to present to any and all foreigners is "Milngavie".

[davidn]

All right, I'll take the bait... Miln-gavvy?

[gr33bo.livejournal.com]

'Mul-guy'

[the-twilighted.livejournal.com]

Is this a private competition or can anyone musclejoin in?

[davidn]

Feel free to have a go.

[the-twilighted.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's like the whisky then Garioch is "Geery" and, based on the example of Balquhidder, I would guess at Balwane for the other one.

[davidn]

Impressive! That's the closest to being right that I've heard. Balquhain is "Bal-whine", but I'm very surprised that you knew about the unlikely silent Q.

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

Apparently you have to drive through the whisky distellery there to get to a addiction clinic there.

[ex-gh232.livejournal.com]

Anybody care to try pronouncing Avoch? It's a village up near where I'm from.

[davidn]

From looking at it I'd say Av-ock, or Avvitch, but from the way you've phrased the question it's bound to really be "Sushi" or "Fanshaw" or "Computational-Finance" or something.

[the-twilighted.livejournal.com]

Isn't it pronounced as och? Something like that.

[ex-gh232.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's 'och' in the same way you say 'loch'.