Ailsa Craig Island, Scotland

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@Lupinicus1664 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating material. Suggestions for future videos: (1) No need for the sidebar beyond a minute or two at the start (2) Try to synchronise the video better with the script so that when describing a building you are actually seeing the building being described...

@JamieW-o7b 2 ай бұрын

I could see this from my West Kilbride window. My young boys named Ailsa, Nanny's bun as it looked like one of her rock buns!!

@katanaki3059 2 ай бұрын

I’m embarrassed Ailsa Craig was only known to me as an onion until now. A very nice onion it is too.

@IndependentHeathen 2 ай бұрын

It's also a potato variety

@shirleytodd6900 2 ай бұрын

@@katanaki3059 and a tomato variety

@zororat 2 ай бұрын

Interesting that you pronounce it 'Al-sa'. I live in Ayr, most people I hear pronounce it 'Ale-za'. Who's to say who's 'correct' just interesting to see how people pronounce things differently

@kirsteneasdale5707 2 ай бұрын

I have never heard it pronounced as Alsa. The ‘Ail’ is always pronounced as in ‘Fail’.

@zororat 2 ай бұрын

@@kirsteneasdale5707 agreed, maybe this guy is doing some historical pronunciation of the name of something

@kirsteneasdale5707 2 ай бұрын

@@zororat No. He is just mispronouncing it . 😂

@zororat 2 ай бұрын

@@kirsteneasdale5707 ha yes, I'm guessing he's not from Ayrshire

@kentzu1975 2 ай бұрын

@zororat aye same here in Stranraer.

@johnmehaffey9953 2 ай бұрын

Been known as paddy’s milestone by my parents generation here in Northern Ireland, it’s visible from here in Co Antrim

@Cainb420 2 ай бұрын

Same it this side of the ferry, I remember my grandparents calling it paddy's milestone

@DavidOfWhitehills 2 ай бұрын

Lose the permanent sidebar please.

@thesilverfamily 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you.

@chumleyk 2 ай бұрын

Try to show the pictures of the things you are talking about at the same time.

@ascra1693 2 ай бұрын

Yes it's quite disconcerting

@ascra1693 2 ай бұрын

Decent video

@shirleytodd6900 2 ай бұрын

Can you please pronounce the island name correctly?!?! The name is not ALSA. It is AIL-SA. AIL as in English for unwell.

@Scotsman1969 2 ай бұрын

And Robert LEWIS Stevenson?? Using American pronunciation instead of Louis the way the French meant it to be said.

@Phil-oj5nr 2 ай бұрын

In 1991 the island was cleared of rats, did New Zealand experience have anything to do with that?

@Scotsman1969 2 ай бұрын

If it’s not bad enough hearing non-Scots mispronounce names we have a Scot mispronouncing Scottish names. Ail-sa not Al-sa. And Loo-ee not Lewis. We’re not Americans yet. Otherwise not a bad wee film.

@MalcolmKirk-j4l 2 ай бұрын

Nobody else has mentioned this, but I was always given to understand it was ‘Crag’ not Craig’. Spelt Craig, but pronounced Crag.

@robertwatson1419 2 ай бұрын

No it is pronounced Craig! as in Gaelic Craic. Slainte

@kirsteneasdale5707 2 ай бұрын

It’s pronounced ‘Ail’ as in ‘Fail’ and ‘aig’ as in ‘vaig’.

@zororat 2 ай бұрын

Lol we can't seem to get consensus on how it's pronounced in this comment section, would you agree he's saying the Ailsa bit wrong?

@MalcolmKirk-j4l 2 ай бұрын

@@zororat in full agreement on ‘ale (as in beer) sa’

@ThomasAllan-up4td 2 ай бұрын

In the winter, it is snow capped. And looks, for all the world to see, like a big Christmas pudding. Other times it looks like king kongs forehead. Depends on your poetic perspective. It's also called the fairy isle.

@craigroaring 2 ай бұрын

I don't think they should allow mining of granite if the island is protected. Such a unique place being mined for such a stupid reason.

@Phil-oj5nr 2 ай бұрын

The amount of rock used for curling must be very minor, not a worry I would say.

@craigroaring 2 ай бұрын

@@Phil-oj5nr I just ask for consistency. If the island needs protecting, protect it. The rules that restrict human intervention should also restrict mining. If they have mining, they should remove the protected status.

@Cainb420 2 ай бұрын

Where do you think the money comes from to protect it

@craigroaring 2 ай бұрын

@@Cainb420 Tourism? It's less destructive.

@Cainb420 2 ай бұрын

@craigroaring No tourism allowed it's too destructive and every boat brings a chance to reintroduce rats to the island. A lot of Scotland is being destroyed due to tourism but the Scottish government just see the pound signs.