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

[Roger Stokes]

On 31/10/2015 14:45, Marion Thompson wrote:
> Back in the day when my last name was de Courcy-Ireland, on some 
> occasions my patter was 'small d e, capital C o u r c y hyphen Ireland 
> as in Great Britain.

Marion,

Geographical technicality here - Ireland is not in Great Britain. The 
extend name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern Ireland.  It is part of the British Isles, along with Isle of 
Man and (I believe) the Channel Isles which are not part of the UK or of 
the European Union.  Geography and national autonomy are fun over here. :-)

Roger