Talk:Elgin

Does anybody know about the pronunciation of Elgin in Scotland and elsewhere? I know that Elgin, Illinois is pronounced [ˈɛldʒɪn] (I grew up about twenty minutes away from there) but I've heard [ˈɛlgɪn] with respect to the Marbles (and not liked it very much!). QuartierLatin1968 06:18, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * The Scottish burgh is ELG-in and the Illinois city and the watch company that was founded there are EL-jin. My impression is that the other American towns are also pronounced EL-jin.  I removed the remark that all these towns were settled by Scottish settlers and named after the Scottish burgh.  Elgin, Illinois was settled in part by Scots, but the town was named after a popular hymn tune (which was named after the Scottish burgh).  Some of the Elgins out west were named after Elgin, Illinois.  Elgin, South Carolina, was originally Blaney but was renamed in the 1960s when the Elgin Watch Company built a plant there.  So, while all the Elgins trace their roots to the Scotland, it's wrong to say all these towns were named for the Scottish burgh. BlongerBros 05:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

There's also an Elgin car company... --squadfifteen

The introductory paragraph seems to have changed again, so I'll reiterate what I said with my previous login. Many of the world's Elgins were not named after Elgin, Scotland, at least not directly. Elgin, Illinois was named after a hymn tune that was named for the Scottish city. Many, if not most, of the Elgins in the U.S. were named for Elgin, Illinois, making their names at least two steps removed from the Scottish city. Xuehxolotl 15:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * According to the Surrey History website, this Elgin is named after the Elgin is Scotland Barisam (talk) 06:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I seem to have made a mistake and accidentally deleted the infobox, im new to wikipedia can you reverse that Barisam (talk) 06:31, 10 December 2022 (UTC)