How to Pronounce Scotch Whisky #1

[@Aqvavitae]

Everyone! Believe me, if I had a Time Machine I’d go back and dial down the BG music in a heartbeat. It’s far too loud and aged about as well as picnic sushi. This was maybe the second or third video released on the channel, I don’t really know what I’m doing today, 5yrs later, but back then I was winging it. The pronunciation guidance stands, but it is not a lesson in Scots Gaelic either, it’s how to pronounce given names. Thank you for making this video a success despite the audio. If you can stomach more… Follow up Video: How to Pronounce Scotch Whisky #2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3OZimufg5WHnpY

[@kwizmon]

I literally didn't notice the bg music was too loud.

[@kwizmon]

Very nicely done video. Thanks for the great info 👌

[@alanhedwig4483]

I did notice the background music at first, but got used to it real quick. Thank you for this video. Now I have a great list of Scotch whiskies to drink!

[@robertardeleanu3246]

Where is Macallan

[@DanielJohnGaming]

Just started to work in an Irish pub here in the states and didn’t want to look like a nube. I appreciate the assistance!

[@juryuhak]

Thank you. Very helpful to me. from South Korea.

[@jkfradk]

This was done in such a nice, friendly spirit, and the content is super useful!

[@dbertalan]

4:06 "you can add the extra syllable or LEAVE IT as *Edrado-ur*" hahaha, love it!

[@marcelohernandez7215]

Superb gaelic lesson! Thx!!!!!!!!!

[@ovidbrandy]

"You're not gonna get a dram if you order 'Tea Bag'". Ha!

[@Cypeq]

you might just get something entirely else and it won't involve steeped beverage of tea leaf.

[@crjensen77]

Absolutely my favorite line

[@DainiusArt]

Lagavulin and tea bag for my friend here

[@gibsiani]

This has really helped Roy. Cheers

[@ryanchernochan9366]

I keep coming back to watch this video sporadically and throughout my whisky journey as I come across new distilleries. Thanks for making it.

[@1981stonemonkey]

5:30 Actually, when I visited Ledaig this summer they told me they emphasize the first syllable ("LED-chig"). Maybe it changes over the years, respectively whom you talk to? Also, a different whisky channel´s commenter suggests the "s" in Glenfarclas is silent: "Glenfarcluh". Can you confirm? 7:48 Also: "Good morning, we-are-a distillery?" ^^

[@92mx3]

Well done, Thanks! Saving Sasanachs across the globe.

[@joshuagoodsell9330]

Visiting from the Still It channel. Very helpful, thanks!

[@ronsonfung1577]

Excellent video for whisky lovers

[@a-n-r4550]

Thank You very much for this very well done and friendly video!! For a long time this has been such a sensitive topic for me, a female bar tender in Germany, who has been mansplained about this so many times by wanna-be whiskey experts, and so often they don't believe me about the *actual* pronounciation that I learned as a professional, when I answer them. This video is always the one I recommend to watch. If they wanna be al experts on it, let them be told how it's done by a Scot.

[@Mark_1956]

I'm an American trucker , living in New Mexico (a state just due west of Texas) I love whiskey, drink mostly bourbon , but I really like Scotch too. I'm a descendant of the Ulster people (I have a Scottish Mc name. I shed a tear when I hear "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes and emboldened when I hear "Scotland the Brave" on the bagpipes. That stuff is still in me I guess 200 plus years later)These Ulster folks brought their whiskey making skills with them to Appalachia which is present day Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, West Virginia. That's where they invented bourbon in Kentucky. I really think my taste for whiskey is genetic. When I buy scotch I buy mostly Dewars or Johnny Walker. It's the most affordable, around $20 or so. I'll buy Glenlivet around Christmas time when the price drops to around $30 bucks. But anyway, thank you so much for this video. I've been butchering these Scotch names for years.

[@ninjs2932]

What kind of scotch do you like? I prefer Speyside ones, Glenfiddich, Glenlevit etc.. I couldnt appreciate the taste of bourbon yet, can you suggest a smooth bourbon similar to a Speyside scotch. And thanks for sharing your story. cheers!!

[@johnclark3152]

A special thanks goes out to Winston Ingram for the vocals, perfectly mimed by Aquavitae. :-)

[@RonaldHigashiyama]

Always enjoy your KZbin videos. Great work.

[@dej7887]

Very helpful, even 5 years on. Thanks

[@Bosoxist]

I like this fellas videos. He's not pretentious in any way. He's just an educated lover of scotch whiskey, ( Irish spelling). Subscribed!

[@Bosoxist]

@@TheJackOfAllTrades777 You're right, it is, but it pains me to write whisky

[@AjaySingh-hc3ty]

Thank you sirr For this great information Love from india

[@andydbedford]

Wonderful, wonderful video.

[@Aqvavitae]

Thank you 😊

[@kjkeyes]

Going to Scotland in two weeks to tour distilleries. This is a life-saver, thank you! (But can you lower the volume of the music? A bit distracting as I have the sound up to hear nuances in the pronunciations).

[@Aqvavitae]

Got it! Music being gradually lowered each new release :D

[@mingrui1862]

Ruins the video

[@DrewQuinton]

Excellent video. You're doing a great public service.

[@Beechhill]

Cheers, Roy! I've been repeating this video in a combination of education and therapy! I feel enlightened and healthier!

[@Aqvavitae]

Cheers DB! Maybe I should watch it too! 👀

[@hulkslayer626]

Thanks for the bonus pronunciation... Loch Lomond 👍

[@JosSliv]

Just found this video, and I'm glad I did. I know that I will need to watch it several times in order to get all the pronunciations down. I sent this link on to my cigar and single malt crew, I know that they will enjoy it as much as I did. Big thanks!

[@Aqvavitae]

thanks! And thank you for sharing.

[@stefanbache8192]

Absolutely Hero Style! A great shoutout for this totally essential Whisky Knowledge. This is what you need to be able to pronounce. Wow!

[@susanwallace2258]

Fantastic video! Now I need to study and learn all of these!!! Slainte!

[@ScotchTestDummies]

Great video! Just now getting around to watching it!

[@Aqvavitae]

Scotch Test Dummies Thanks for taking the time to stop by Scotch Gods!

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

What an awesome video! Saving this link for my own pronounciation!

[@Spudboy182]

Love that Aberlour. Sweet.

[@Koby616]

Good video 👍 think I already knew most of them

[@nikolagovorko7196]

Labor of love...me learning Scottish for the love of whiskey :), thanks for the great guide!

[@Pew7070]

Thank you Roy! I needed this lesson. Cheers!

[@emmythogaru8525]

Very informative.Thank you.

[@RoyalKronk]

Wonderful video..... but really wish the music track was turned down. In order to hear the pronunciations well I turn up the sound..... but then the music kicks in - arrrggghhhh (pronounced "arrrggghhhhhh").

[@Jake-li7ih]

Yeah I only got through 1 minute of it before I had to stop because of the music

[@ARGONUAT]

@@Jake-li7ih Lunacy! DJ Quads is divine!

[@magnusskallagrimsson6707]

I was in a pub out here in Victoria, BC and two chefs were sent out by their head chef to drink whisky (and whiskey) so they could learn the flavours and how to use them in the kitchen. The one beside me said, "Let's try that La Frog stuff." I corrected his pronunciation, helped them out with the little knowledge I had gathered on whisky, and ended up drinking on their employers tab as a thanks.

[@christianewert1461]

Fantastic film!!!! I'm glad, that for me as a german, the ch sound is nooo problem

[@christianewert1461]

... and other sounds either. Your scottsh accent is very good to understand

[@purdueman2012]

Great video..very informative..

[@Aqvavitae]

Thank you for watching and commenting, glad to hear it was useful!

[@stuarts4781]

Absolutely brilliant, cheery Roy! I didn't know how badly I needed this till I heard it. Now I won't be asking for a Tea Bag! And Ledaig = Lecheg, who'd have thought it?

[@maxrr2609]

Well done, now we know some common whisky pronunciations for known and rare whiskies...

[@BIG-EDS]

Really great video.

[@lenaxiao3931]

Omg love your accent! 😆

[@williedolier9808]

Excellent video Mr D

[@jsauginas]

Thank you for this video

[@valkyrjavakre6439]

I could listen to Scots all day long....alllll dayyyyy longgggch. While drinking scotch, in Scotland...

[@roxannebinette1767]

Simply enjoyed that crash cours in Scotch names pronunciation. 👌🏻👌🏻

[@thevelointhevale1132]

I have heard it mentioned that the workers at Bunnahabhain would have you run it together more like ... Bu'navan.

[@melly918]

Very helpful. I work at a place where there are many scotch enthusiasts and I really need to know how to pronounce these names. Thank You

[@keaneli]

This is both spiritually and linguistically wonderful. Thank you.

[@Aqvavitae]

I could say the exact same thing about this comment. Thank you!

[@Meton97]

Super! Many thanks for this video, helped a ton! :)

[@bentleygt3716]

you're awesome.. thank you.

[@Kleberei]

"That ch-sound" ... *laughs in native german speaker* ... *Hears some guy from the Netherlands laugh twice as hard*

[@mickodonnell2530]

Seasons Greetings. Just surfing/typing and came across this blast. I have to point out that you're wrong, Roy. I DID get a dram when I ordered "tea bag", eventually - only after enduring a very weird Scottish "welcome" ceremony involving a lot of "dunking". I was a bit uncertain at first (I remember my first encounter with a haggis) but, "when in Glasgow"....What a friendly bunch, I thought - I'm not even going to bother the Polis (think I pronounced that right)😁 Preferred the lamb chops at Akbars, to be honest. Slanjeevaurus 🐢

[@morningskalk5786]

Great job and long overdue. I look forward to continuing my education. Slainte Mhath.

[@foodquig]

This is a most excellent vid, Roy! Yes, I finally came over to have a look... I was just watching you and the two guys from Scotch 4 Dummies having a dram in Edinburgh, and couldn't resist seeing this! Can't wait for the next installment!

[@Aqvavitae]

foodquig thank you FQ! Just trying to work out how to make videos where I don't blabber on quite so long... Maybe that's just not gonna be my thing...

[@fabiobordogna2187]

Spread the Whisky Love!

[@crichtonism]

Thank you... helpful.

[@milekbrwafing]

Finding out that I pronounced correctly Bruichladdich is absolutely priceless

[@davidwoods8795]

Awesome video....learning Gaelic has never been more pleasant.

[@henryF6]

Scotch is this American’s liquor of choice, thanks for this great guide! I always go neat with a splash of water.

[@kissinuk]

Big thumbs up, just watched all your videos, now a subscriber :-)

[@Aqvavitae]

Paul F nice to have you on board Paul, thank you!

[@barrybarton361]

Great

[@j3sm0el]

Great Video, very sympathetic guy :)

[@DaniCal1forn1a]

Me and my Dad are going on a whisky tour of Islay this month so this is really helpful! I was doing ok with pronunciations on my own, but pronounced Bowmore the second way, and didn't have much of a clue about Bruichladdich :P

[@Aqvavitae]

You and your dad are lucky folks. I'm pretty jealous anytime I hear that, it's awesome for whisky fans. Magical even. Tip: Lagavulin Warehouse tour - if it's Ian McArthur on duty even better.

[@toddstevens6608]

How was the tour?

[@ganesankpillay3768]

Very nice

[@shandywriter]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@Aqvavitae]

Very welcome, thank you!

[@themaltedmancave9499]

Great Video....wish this would have been around 2 years ago when I was a noob. I am going to share this video. Slainte!

[@JeffWhisky]

Really enjoyed re-stumbling onto these videos Roy. I still pronounce a handful wrong 🤣. Forgot how banging the music was!

[@Aqvavitae]

Hmmm… If I could change anything…. 😒 cheers Jeff!

[@JeffWhisky]

@@Aqvavitae it shows that you still had high production quality from the beginning. 4 years of KZbin seems to have kept you looking young 👌

[@Aqvavitae]

@@JeffWhisky haha. Whisky! 🥃

[@Shorty2109]

Please do another couple of videos like this. The second video have already watched. But it'd be so cool to know how the specific Whiskys like all the Bunnahabhains and Ardbeg variants like Toiteach a Dha etc.

[@TheRabbi1203]

A pronounce to die for,just like your awesome drams.Slaintè from Italy!

[@Spudboy182]

Definitely worth the effort. And so much fun.

[@LeoIndini]

Veeeeery useful video. I am begining to drink scotch whiskys and found myself a lot of times, not knowing how to speak the name properly. Thanks lot!!!!

[@ronniarbitiaas3095]

A shot of Tea Bag, please. LOL

[@31446963048]

Like Sean Connery would. How else would you pronounce it?

[@RebMordechaiReviews]

Fantastic 101 video. A "must see" for all Scotch whisky fans! Thank you. The end sequence where we see you phone up the distilleries is hilarious. Did you actually do that? What a Chutzpa! (pronounced in Yiddish with "Ch" as in Loch) Ch-ootz-pah.

[@Aqvavitae]

Thank you, and yes! 😅 I did. First I called the Gaelic college for their 'proper' Gaelic pronunciation, but that's not the whole story. Forgetting (for now) dialect, regional accents and evolution over time we need to understand that in most of these cases it's a brand, so it's the exact same as a person's given name. The true Gaelic way to pronounce it could be different from the brand owner's preference - so I called and asked them what that was. Even still, everyone has a different way of speaking so if, even after your best effort, you can't quite get it right, it's hardly critical. It should be fun. Thanks for the sub, and for taking the time to comment Reb, and of course for the Yiddish! Slàinte!

[@crosbyong]

Love this 👍

[@peterziegen3738]

Very interesting as a german i may have a bit of an advantage over english native speakers, because scotish gaelic has many similar pronounciations with german. Especially the ch. I never knew that, so thank you very much!

[@shugaroony]

I'm as Scottish as yourself, and I struggle pronouncing half of them!

[@RBWhiskyWorld]

Great video! As a Dutchie living in Spain and recording in English it's sometimes hard to get the right pronunciation. I'll keep on checking the video to correct my pronunciation.

[@Aqvavitae]

Thanks Ryan! (You have a new subscriber 😉 )

[@RBWhiskyWorld]

Thanks! I've been enjoying some more of your video's this morning. They're addicting!

[@Mr.M1STER]

I'm Irish and I remember some of the Irish we were taught in school. This has helped me a lot when pronouncing the names of Scotch because because a lot of them sound and are pronounced like Irish words. There are a few I was pronouncing wrong though, Ledaig being one of them. I was pronouncing it leh-die-g, not le-jig.

[@Aqvavitae]

Either way - you'd still get your dram! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@cianoc8211]

I’m an Irish speaker and was confidently pronouncing bunnahabhainn as we would in Irish - but the Scots don’t seem to pronounce abhainn (river) or bun (bottom) like how we do! Looking a bit of a clown now haha

[@peteymax]

@@cianoc8211 they’re pretty close though Bun (same as Gaeilge), na, h-Abhainn but with a v rather than a w. Lot’s of Gaelgoirí pronounce bh or mh as w rather than v and vice versa. Bun na h-Abhainn’s are right across Ireland.

[@8744rayo]

Wonderful job! Thank you for the enlightenment. One quick question, what is the name of the song being played, and the name of the artists, in the background? Thanks again.

[@markwhite2199]

Thank you fir posting. This information was so useful. My question is how would one pronounce ”do dheagh shlainte”, the response to sláinte Mhath? I have tried to find the pronunciation to no avail. Could you write it out phonetically? Thank you. Mark White

[@genekelly4985]

I find the backing track a nice complement to the video’s jaunty spirit.

[@Ledvolta]

Thanks for the video, friends - and for being so friendly and kind about it! 👏🏻😀 Liked and subbed!

[@BuDu-ms2qe]

Great video! A+

[@Aqvavitae]

Thank you! Great comment 😉

[@fgcp2964]

Finally a scotch pronunciation guide from an actual scot.

[@dillonnickell9500]

So good!

[@Everest314]

Thanks for this! The tea bag killed me! :D

[@jacobvarghesemukuzhical881]

Thanks from India

[@gordyn5292]

I REALLY wish other whisky channels on KZbin would find out how to pronounce the names!!!!!

[@thewhiskyscout1238]

Enjoyed the vid. I just love saying Bunnahabhain it is my favorite Scotch Whisky word. I just throw it in conversation out of the blue just to watch my wife's eyes roll!!!!

[@Aqvavitae]

My kids too have loved saying that word since they were tiny. It has a cool ring to it. Good to see the channel coming along! Thanks for stopping by TWS!

[@Spudboy182]

I have the same feeling about Bruichladdich.

[@jamescowan984]

I just subscribed and don’t know if you have covered the best way to order whisky. If I asked for a dram, I would be punched out or laughed at. Ordering a “shot” doesn’t sound right unless you were in Wyoming and ordered a shot with a beer back. So clue me in, especially if I want some water on the side.

[@NinoDerungs]

6:12 - Port Ass-Kick? No just joking of course :D Very informative video. Thank you!

[@cashewghost]

I've always wondered how to pronounce those whiskys

[@WhiskeyQuests]

This came up on my suggested feed. How did they know I love Whisky? lol. Great Video something I always wondered about 👍🥃

[@willbeverly7858]

Tea bag.....lmao! Gr8 vid!

[@Aqvavitae]

Thanks Will! But seriously I bought that bottle at our local co-op supermarket about 3 or 4 years ago, and when the register wouldn't scan the barcode, the server shouted out "Hey - how much is the ....er... Tea Bag?" There aren't many Gaelic speakers here in the central area of Scotland that's for sure.

[@WooShell]

Your accent is sooo amazing.. :-)

[@topshelfwhisky]

Great video! I should have watched this video before... I have butchered scotch whiskey names for years.

[@topshelfwhisky]

I reviewed a Glenmorange Signet earlier in the year and miss pronounced it the way you stated in the video... and people weren’t shy about letting me know. Lol.

[@sophieb1829]

Finally!! I know how to pronounce Laphroaig!! even in my head I could not figure it out! haha :D

[@Aqvavitae]

Sophie B the laughing frog. Lah-froyg. :) Difficult to order, but worth it.

[@sophieb1829]

seriously?! Laughing frog? Love it!