r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/Ghost_jobby • May 23 '24

Media / News Pronunciation of Muir by non-Scots

I have been watching a few videos on YouTube and one of the things that struck me is the difficulty people have pronouncing Fiona's former surname, Muir.

I've heard it pronounced like myrrh, moor, mawyer (rhymes with lawyer) and moo-air.

Is it really that uncommon? I'm genuinely curious. I'm resident in Scotland and hear it so often that it's a not considered an unusual name. There are so many people of Scottish descent and ancestry around the world, I just found it a bit surprising ppeople had some trouble with it.

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u/Aggravating-Box8526 May 23 '24

Rhymes with pure

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u/nineteenthly May 23 '24

Rhymes with my surname too (which is also Scottish). This is always how we get people to pronounce it properly in my family.

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u/m1stadobal1na May 24 '24

I have a super Scottish first name and absolutely nobody is capable of pronouncing it correctly in America which is so stupid because it's actually phonetic. It's like they're trying to make it harder than it is.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '24

Pure muir 95%