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

[Jay Weigel]

Judging from the only one I ever knew from thereabouts, it would be
"McDUNna", more or less?


On Friday, October 30, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Roger Stokes
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> McDonner, pronounced your non-rhotic way, is roughly how McDonough
> sounds, though, right? Or McDunner?
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>