[Magdalen] List sibs departed from this life

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Tue Oct 27 14:33:11 UTC 2015


It just occurred to me, and I don't know why particularly this morning,
that one missing from our necrology is Diana (Cris) Galletly. I don't know
which name was in use at the time of death; it almost seems that it was
Diana again.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> 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
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In the south Louisiana French culture, the clue is a "y." Alice is Al-is,
> > currently rather popular among young elementary daughters of millennials.
> > Alyce is Ah-lease until told otherwise (even if her last name is Smyth
> > (Smith) <grin>).
> >
> > Peace,
> > Jo, pronounced Jeaux
> >
> >
> > On 10/26/2015 1:18 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> >
> >> "Hello, Alice," and she responded, coldly, "It's a-LEASE."
> >>
> >
> >
>


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