Scottish Gaelic, Scots an aw

Was up in Scotland last week and on the way back, the guard on the train made an announcement about carriage J - with the J pronounced the Scottish way, to rhyme with "high". I always forget that's how J is (still) pronounced in (the west of) Scotland (at least).

I was doing a quiz yesterday and the answer I had to give was the letter J and I pronounced it the Scottish way and was about get it marked wrong until I saw a brief look of panic on the (English) quiz master's face and had to explain that's how we say it up here. I am also the kind of dick who'll refer to Mr Beyonce as Jye Zed though.

Good name for Scottish rapper.

He’s the Dundee Jye, A’m the Rapper

Yeah I'd never heard of it - does 'itch' for H overlap?

Never heard of that tbh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51403324

Wikipedia sez:

Originally Thurso was known by the Celtic name of tarvodubron meaning "bull water" or "bull river"; similarly was tarvedunum standing for "bull fort" and the name of the town name may have its roots there. Norse influence translated its name to Thjorsá, then altered it to Thorsá, based on the deity of and translating as (the place on) Thor's River.

The local name, Thursa, derives from the Norse, as does the modern Inbhir Theòrsa. means a river mouth, and is generally found as Inver in many anglicised names