Who has ever heard of the lake Ness monster.
2007-03-10 10:56:41 · 13 answers · asked by John L 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I assume that it is because they can't pronounce the word. I note that you haven't heard Welsh people offending in this way!
2007-03-10 11:07:31 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A body of fresh water is referred to by Americans as a lake and so using the non-Gaelic word they say lake. Why do Scots call a salt water bay a loch?
2007-03-10 19:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If a Scot, or indeed any other English speaking person, looked at a map of Europe and saw a body of inland water with a name, then that person would call that body of water "Lake" ******** and not "See ********" "Lago ********" or "Mere ********" etc. etc.
That, to me, would explain why Scottish Lochs are sometimes called Lakes by (mostly) non Brits.
P.S. As I am from N.E. England I wouldn't dream of calling them anything other than a Loch with correct pronunciation.
2007-03-10 19:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by mal g 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is to be expected of Americans - but I must say I have never heard any Englishman call a "loch" a "lake" - much more likely to call it a "lock".
2007-03-10 19:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i've heard of the LOCH Ness monster and we call lochs lakes b/c that's what we call large bodies of land locked water. i myself do not always call lochs lakes. :)
2007-03-10 19:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by redwhite&blue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be ignorance, never have looked at a map and noticing the difference between a loch and a lake. What do you expect of people that elect Bushes and Blairs?
2007-03-10 18:59:45 · answer #6 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because they are lakes - loch is Scots Gaelic for lake ,as lough is Irish Gaelic for lake
2007-03-10 20:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loch means lake in Scottish,a burn is a river, and a ben is a mountain...all from the old Scottish language. My grandparents were Scottish, and I have been there also.
2007-03-10 19:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by Boo Radley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Translating the Scots into English, that's all.
We do it all the time. We call Baikal Ozero "Lake Baikal", and turnabout being fair play the Russians call Lake Huron "Ozero Guron".
2007-03-10 19:07:59 · answer #9 · answered by dBalcer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you heard of a place called the trossacks,If so there is a lake Katrina there and that is in Scotland.
2007-03-11 06:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because loch means lake !
2007-03-10 19:00:31 · answer #11 · answered by James B 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋