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Torbrae - pronunciation

English translation: Torbrey

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English term or phrase:Torbrae - pronunciation
Selected answer:Torbrey
Entered by: B D Finch

05:42 May 29, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Geography / Scotland? Gaelic?
English term or phrase: Torbrae - pronunciation
It's a dog name based on some Scottish place (at least, I assume so). I need to know how it is pronounced.
Thanks in advance!
Natalia Zakharova
Ukraine
Local time: 10:10
Torbrey
Explanation:
The reference below gives an audio guid to the pronunciation of the "brae" part of "Torbrae". Note that, as it is a place, Torbrae should have an initial capital letter.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 09:10
Grading comment
Thank you ever so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7Torbrey
B D Finch
4/aɪ/ (trobrai)
Constantinos Faridis (X)


Discussion entries: 3





  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
torbrae - pronunciation
/aɪ/ (trobrai)


Explanation:
Diphthongs
/aɪ/ /ae/ ~ /əi/ as buy, ride, write. (scottish-gaelic pronunciation)


Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 10:10
Native speaker of: Greek
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
torbrae - pronunciation
Torbrey


Explanation:
The reference below gives an audio guid to the pronunciation of the "brae" part of "Torbrae". Note that, as it is a place, Torbrae should have an initial capital letter.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brae
B D Finch
France
Local time: 09:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you ever so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Yes: /tor'breɪ/. Brae is (Lowland) Scots (ie. Germanic, derived from Old Norse), not Scottish Gaelic (Celtic).
12 mins
  -> Thanks Charles, and for the note on derivation.
agree  kmtext: I tend to disagree with Charles, as I was taught it was derived from the word "bràigh" in Gaelic, which means the upper part of something, as in "Bràigh Lochabair" which is the Gaelic name for the "Braes of Lochaber"
56 mins
  -> Thanks KM. Note that the three souces cited in my reference agree with Charles that it is Lowland Scots. Perhaps there is, nonetheless, a link between that and the Gaelic "bràigh"?
agree  DLyons: Yes. Re derivation I agree with Charles. Norse to Old High German brâwa (German braue=eyebrow). bráig doesn't exist in Irish Gaelic (in that sense).
1 hr
  -> Thanks DL
agree  Phong Le
1 hr
  -> Thanks Phong Le
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Yasutomo
agree  Aleksander Pruszyński
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Aleksander
agree  sporran
10 hrs
  -> Thanks sporran
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