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Despard, your information about tongues was very interesting. It's something I know very little about - the only thing I remember hearing is that it's difficult for non-Scots to pronounce the 'ch' in 'loch' properly! (I used to think they were just ignorant or lazy.)

Thanks Despard but I have been saying "awe" for the last few minutes, without any movement of mouth or lips, and the r still comes out. I have looked in the mirror of course but that doesn't help.

Just opened an email which refers to: Tesco's'

Steve

Thanks .. the dreaded double apostrophe! I haven't seen one for a while.

Malone

I could not pronounce the "ch" in "loch" properly, but I am fairly competent at the "ch" in Welsh e.g in "bach"- little one.

Jigjag, as long as you/we can pronounce properly the words we choose to use, words we need to use, we should be fine!

I agree Rossim and Malone, regional accents display a surprisingly rich diversity for such a small country.
Here in Tykeland people from Hull (and the East Coast to a lesser extent) pronounce `cold` as `curled`... this can take some getting used to - I`m not sure how they pronounce `curled`... probably `cairled`!

Interesting, Tyke - I have never come across the cold/curled pronunciation. That would probably throw me!

I know many people who think the supermarket chain is called Tescos - understandable in a way as we have Sainsburys and Morrisons.

NB No apostrophes were used in the making of this post, deliberately.

Hope your new role as Apostrophe Lady is not proving too onerous Malone - sounds a bit like painting the Forth Bridge!

Tyke, my eyebrows get a good work-out most days - raised when I spot missing or rogue apostrophes on my travels.

As we're in PU … painting the Forth Bridge is no longer a never-ending task. I think this is due to new paint or a new coating, something like that.