Taking a moment's reflection, Rajmund M. mused: | | It has to be noted here that the pronunciation of certain whisky names can | differ from one speaker to another. While on Islay (quite a few times, | actually) I have never heard anyone say "cool-eye-lah". Instead, they | seemed to be positive the name should be pronounced "cahl-eelah". It | seems to me that the quoted website is the only source that I've come | across giving the "cool" pronunciation...
I think you're right, especially when referring to Gaelic derivatives. Seems local "flavour" is applied to pronunciations. I have heard "cool" and "cahl" ... but, it was always "eye-la" ... this is the first I have heard of "ee-la" Perhaps some assume it's "eye" because it comes from Islay. ;-)