'My long-time baby names have been ruined by moving to Scotland'

A mother-to-be is having a tough time thinking of baby names that can be pronounced in a Scottish accent
'My long-time baby names have been ruined by moving to Scotland'

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There are many factors to consider when naming your child. Spelling, pronunciation, and general ease might be important to some parents who don't want to burden their children with a moniker that is more testing than others.

But what about where you live, and how people around you are going to say the name based on their accent and dialect? That is the quandary one expectant mother who moved to Scotland has found herself in.

Taking to Reddit, the mum-to-be said that she has had her baby names picked out since she was a young girl - but the chances of actually calling her children them are now extremely slim thanks to her "adopted homeland".

"My two long-time shortlist names; Carl and Pearl, are forever ruined by the Scottish accent of my adopted homeland," the woman sadly penned.

"A boy named “Carol” and a girl named “Peril”."

Scottish people do pronounce their 'R's and 'L's very distinctly (Image: iStockPhoto / Getty)

Hilariously, the woman was referring to the way Scottish people pronounce their 'R's, which is admittedly more distinct than in other parts of the UK. The pronunciation perhaps sound even more strange when followed by an 'L'.

The comments came in thick and fast. One user wrote: "This made me laugh out loud. 'Peril'."

A second wrote: "It's not the most forgiving of accents".

A third, who thought the names actually sounded better when said in a Scottish accent, gave her perspective.

"You mean improved [the name]!" she wrote. "Carol was actually a neuter name, a variant of Charles/Carl. A little girl named Peril sound like fun."

A fourth joked: "Unfortunately us Scot’s just can’t say they any other way. Try burglar, that’s even worse".

Another offered a funny alternative: "Choose a name that the Scottish can't pronounce at all like "Purple Burglar".

A sixth concluded: "It's one of the best accents out there."

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It comes after research released in the last couple of years the UK accents that the public finds the most and least attractive - and Scottish came out on top.

The new study by TollFreeForwarding detailed that among 2,000 members of the public, 15 per cent of respondents named Scottish as the most appealing in the UK.

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