[Magdalen] Mispronunciation (was Re: List sibs departed from this life)

[Roger Stokes]

On 31/10/2015 00:06, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
> (Submitted by a man named Logsdon, remember. Seldom mispronounced, but 
> spelled? Logston, Longsdon, Longston, Logsden [plus the two "Long" 
> variants already shown], Lofton, Lockstone, Lungeson, Lodgeson, 
> Lupston, Smith [kidding], et al. And then there's those who can't hear 
> an "o" if you paid them, with Langston, etc. Besides the latter being 
> a famous poet's first name, I believe one of C S Lewis's first 
> colleagues at Magdalen Oxford was a Langston.) 

Can you imagine the difficulty people had with Joan's surname - both 
pronouncing it when they read it and spelling it when they heard it?  
Just to remind you it was McDonough.  McDonoghue was a familiar attempt 
at pronunciation while McDonner or McDonna were attempts at spelling it.

Roger