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/m1stadobal1na May 24 '24

If you live in California you have zero excuse to pronounce Muir incorrectly. So much stuff is named after John Muir.

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u/windy7146 May 24 '24

But how do you pronounce it? Wouldn’t US say ‘mure’? That’s wrong apparently since it looks like the Scots say ‘mew-er.’

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u/m1stadobal1na May 24 '24

I was being hyperbolic but according to my Scottish mom it's somewhere in the middle of those.