Laing--pronunciation please....

[larkspur]

As I know nothing of the Jeweller, is it now certain that it is pronounced LANE with a silent G, because if I try and twist my English tongue around LANEG well I will leave it to your imagination, needless to say I had to fetch a duster to wipe down my screen 

[loobylooayr]

I would pronounce this as Ellen has posted -

Layng like Lang but with the softer sound of Lay at the beginning of the word  (Hope this makes sense) . I would never pronounce it or have heard it pronounced in Ayrshire, Lane 
Looby

[larkspur]

Thank you  ;)it does make sense. I just need to fetch my duster again....Happy New Year one and all.

[buckhyne]

As a Morayshire girl, I would and do pronounce it "layng"

Ellen

So dae I 

[Forfarian]

As a Scot from Edinburgh I would be a "Lang" man myself. Others may disagree!

I recant, Skoosh, as your post has just reminded me of Laing the Jeweller in Rose Street in Edinburgh and that  is  pronounced as Ellen has said!

Unless otherwise told by the owner of the name, I would pronounce it to rhyme with 'bang' if it is spelled 'Lang' and 'layng' if it has an i in it.

I have no opinions on how it might have been pronounced by any particular family before spelling became more fixed, other than that the spelling probably followed the way they pronounced their own surname rather than the other way round.

[scotmum]

Don't get tongue twisted with the pronunciation, larkspur, just be grateful you have some Scottish blood in you  .

[Indiana.59]

As we do actually have Laing's in the family - dinna go posh with it - it's pronounced "Lang" - simples 

[buckhyne]

As we do actually have Laing's in the family - dinna go posh with it - it's pronounced "Lang" - simples 

As it's spelled LAING then it's pronounced Lay-ng - even simpler.
And if it was spelled LANG then it would be pronounced Lang - but it's no

[buckhyne]

Don't get tongue twisted with the pronunciation, larkspur, just be grateful you have some Scottish blood in you  .

That as well