How do you pronounce Sgian Dubhs?

[mrpharr]

Can anyone give me the phonetic spelling?
steve

[billmcc]

Skeen Do

[Mike1]

Skain dew is close enough.

[Yaish]

Skeen - Do (or du, due, whatever makes the most sense to you)

EDIT: Wow, the responses come fast and furious (there were none when I started my post)

I suppose one could also say, "just like its spelled".


I've actually heard people pronouncing it "Es-gee-an dub-ha" though.

EDIT again: Actually, for the plural isnt it Sgian's Dubh, as dubh is the adjective "black" and sgian is the object "knife"?

Whats the gaelic rule when it comes to that?

[kiltedjaz]

Skain dew is close enough.

Surely that is pronounced 'Skane Jew' ??, and that is nothing like how it is said.
The nearest thing I can come up with is Scottish for a pigeon on the piste!!!
A 'ski'in doo' !!!

[mudd]

It's pronounced just like it sounds.

[auld argonian]

Must be one of those phonuncicatin' words that Junior Samples used to tell us about.

Best

AA

[switchblade5984]

skeen due

and 3 posts at the same minute.....

[Andrew Green]

I would break it down as such:
Skee-in doo

Funny how there are so many ways to try and communicate a few sounds!

[Blu (Ontario)]

They're all wrong!... It pronounced sky-ann dubb-hiss