CHAT Megan (was: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!)

On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 05:09 AM, Tristan McLeay wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:12:18PM -0500, Tristan McLeay wrote:
>>> Apropos of this, there is a female American name pronounced [mejg@n] or
>>> thereabouts. Is that simply the American (for particular values of
>>> American, of course) pronunciation of 'Meagan', which I say as /mIig@n/
>>> ?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Okay (I'm not sure which of 'Meagan' and 'Megan' is more common here. I
> just spelt it the first way it came to me. It could well be that 'Megan'
> is more common here).
Meagan? Ach y fi! Where did that come from?

'Megan' is _Welsh_ girl's name & pronounced ['mEgan]. When used in other
parts of the UK, it still keeps close to the Welsh, tho in England it's
usually ['mEgn=].

Ray
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