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

[Marion Thompson]

I now remember that I said 'as in Britain' for brevity's sake. Doesn't 
matter; people smiled, even if they still didn't know how to spell it.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/31/2015 6:30 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> 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
>