[Magdalen] List sibs departed from this life

Roger Stokes roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
Tue Oct 27 14:26:36 UTC 2015


On 27/10/2015 11:09, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Well, with Ginga as my chosen name.....it is pronounced jin - ja.  It was
> Ginger until I was 13 when I began spelling it as people pronounced it.  It
> stuck.  When someone who does not know how to pronounce my name goes
> phonetic, I am often called jing-uh or ging-guh.  I am surprised in recent
> years by how often Wilder is pronounced Will-da.  And, then there is my
> maiden name Cuthbert.  That is hard for almost everyone who is not familiar with the surname.
>
> Jin-ja

That's how I thought it was pronounced from the first time I saw it.  I 
assule your maiden name is pronounced the same way as the saint.

Roger


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