Re: digraphs
| From: | Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 23:06 |
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In the last episode, (On Tuesday 10 July 2007 23:58:02), T. A. McLeay wrote:
> Lars Finsen wrote:
> > Den 10. jul. 2007 kl. 18.07 skrev Jeff Rollin:
> >> Hmm. "Mingus" is getting quite a lot of traction over here due to the
> >> fame/infamy of the third party's leader, and "Dee-el and Pascoe" is
> >> the name of a popular TV show, But I've always heard "MacKenzie" as
> >> "Mak'enzi:"
> >
> > Yes, even Menzies is sometimes pronounced with a /z/ nowadays. And I
>
> This is the only pronunciation of the former Australian Prime Minister's
> name I've ever heard, though I gather he had a nickname "Ming".
Heheheh. The Merciless?!
I wouldn't expect anyone but Scots to pronounce the name as "Mingus". Menzies
Campbell and Iain M. Banks certainly do so, - and they are certainly Scots! -
but the newsagent chain John Menzies has AFAIK always been
pronounced "Menzeez".
Jeff
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