I had a query from an American visitor called Tom asking me to put a map on this site to show where Achiltibuie is. Here you go… click the link below.
Achiltibuie, nr. Ullapool, Wester Ross, Scotland
Tom also asked how to pronounce Achiltibuie – it’s ack-ill-tee-boo-ee.
Postcript: Lesley, in the comments below, explains that the first part of Achiltibuie is a softer sound than I have described. She has done a much better job than I did of trying to write this phonetically.
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Hi Rory,
You are indeed a man of your word. This is a great map. As the saying goes, “I was lost but now I am found”…. Achiltibuie looks like a lovely place.
Cheers from Seattle, Tom
By: Tom on November 11, 2008
at 5:51 am
are there any primary schools,shops etc
By: joanne morrison on October 3, 2009
at 8:31 pm
Joanne,
Yes, there is a local school and also a couple of shops in the village.
Rory.
By: Rory Brown on October 4, 2009
at 6:40 pm
Re Mr Brown’s advice on the pronunciation of Achiltibuie. ‘Ach’ is NEVER rendered ‘ack’ in Scots or Gaelic, but is a much softer sound.
Non Scots will get very close to the correct pronunciation by saying ‘ Aa-hill-ti-boo-ee. Germans will do the Ach bit no bother…as in Ach so!
By: Lesley on December 15, 2009
at 11:15 pm