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Jul 21, '07 4:42 PM
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The late Sir Jimmy Shand (above) was a world famous accordianist. He was born in Fife in 1908. He lived in Auchtermuchty for a great many years, and sadly passed away in December 2000.

Worldwide acclaim

He treated people with great courtesy - it didn't matter who you were, a celebrity, a dignitary or a man of the road, you were always welcome.

Sir Jimmy won worldwide acclaim for his musicianship and was also highly praised for his charity work.

Scottish First Minister and fellow Fifer Henry McLeish described him as a "true gentleman" who made an "enormous contribution to preserving Scotland's musical heritage".

There was a statue erected in his memory. (See picture below.)

There are two tracks from him on Best of Scotland Volume 1 and Best of Scotland Volume 3

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thewhistler wrote on Jul 22, '07

Auchtermuchtym for some reason it looks foreign. Definitely not Scots. Although with the exception of possibly Ian and myself I doubt anyone else around here would know how to pronounce it. You should hear how they pronounce Glasgow on CNN, Glass Cow. Good knows how they would pronounce Auchtermuchty. I didn't know that Jmmy Shand had been knighted.

scottishps wrote on Jul 22, '07

I think it is the size of the name, but by coincidence I live in the next village, and have to quote this at times when giving directions, and no one on the other end of the phone can spell it,and that is up here. It is always the "ch"part which troubles everyone. I agree with you regarding the news readers, they have us guessing with their pronounciaton. Brechin is one place and they cannot pronouce that either. Over here in Scotland, we have lots of names of places with a "ch" in them, which has holidaymakers struggle or they just point to the place on the map for safety.
Yes Jimmy Shand was knighted in 1999.

outofwork2 wrote on Jul 28, '07

There is so much about the world I do not know. Thank you for writing about Sir Jimmy and educating this American to expand my horizons.

scottishps wrote on Jul 28, '07

Laura I am only too pleased but it works both ways, there is so much I dont know about people from your country however with the help of the internet, we are all learning.

bellaa7 wrote on Jul 28

Thank You!

scottishps wrote on Jul 28

bellaa7 said

Thank You!

You are welcome I hope you enjoyed it
Paula

gilinaz wrote on Jul 28

Well....I don't know that much about derivations, but the word "auch" means "also", in German. Are many of the Scottish names derived from German words?

Gil

scottishps wrote on Jul 28

gilinaz said

Well....I don't know that much about derivations, but the word "auch" means "also", in German. Are many of the Scottish names derived from German words?

Gil

There are a lot of places the names all start with Auch. I have no idea where the names are dervied from . Some of the names I had never heard of until I lived here.
Paula

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