[Magdalen] List sibs departed from this life

[Ginga Wilder]

Roger wrote:
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.

Yes, exactly.  Cuthbert that I know on the ground here have been called:
Cussbert, Cussbut, Cuthberry,Cuthbut....and so on.  I think the consonants
stop people short.

Ginga

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Roger Stokes <
roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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
>