[Magdalen] List sibs departed from this life

[Kate Conant]

I'm wondering now if Cuthbert is pronounced as Cuthbert or not?????  (Is
this a case of Cobert?)

IAC, I'm still surprised by those who can't pronounce Conant even after I
tell them.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>