The pronunciation of distillery names

Laphroaig (La-fróyg) and Pittyvaich (Pitti-véch)

Scottish Single Malt whisky names are also for natives inexpressible. Most of us do not know, that these Gaelic names descend directly from the Celts that originally lived in Germany.

For each distillery introduced on these pages I made sound files available, which can be listened to by pressing thebutton on the appropriate distillery page.

The most frequently required Single Malt Whisky in the world  Glenfiddich is, as often as it is required, also wrongly pronounced. In Gaelic an ending of CH is spoken as a K.

Gaelic was carried by migration of the Celts into the northernmost regions of the British islands two thousand years ago. As well as Celtic, Gaelic is only a spoken language; there are no written records.

Laphroaig, Pittyvaich, Lagavulin, Strathisla and Teaninich are names from a long past era, which today seem exotic and strange to us. The modern Internet however makes it possible. If your computer is equipped with a sound card and loudspeakers, you can play the correct pronunciation for each distillery by the push of a button. Who knows that Glen Garioch is pronounced as Glen-Gírie?

Today Gaelic enjoys an increasing number of lovers. There are again Gaelic radio stations and Gaelic courses at the adult education centers.