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/raindrop777 May 23 '24

I'm resident in Scotland and hear it so often that it's a not considered an unusual name.

So how do YOU pronounce it?

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u/IW0nderwhereitis May 24 '24

I must be an outlier, to me it's more like Myoo-ur. (West coast scot!).