"the real McKay" 1875

[Alison Murie]

On Jan 2, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> FWIW, I have a Canadian friend named "McKay" who pronounces his name
> [m at .kaI], as is required by the rhyme-scheme of Stephen's first
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> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
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>> 1) Poems and songs: in Scotch and English? - Page 45
>> Alexander Hamilton Wingfield (Hamilton, Ont. 1873)
>> ... An' sometimes they get fou;
>> But deil-ma-care, you'll find them men
>> On whom you can rely,
>> Although an odd ane here an' there
>> Is not the "real Mackay."
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I think that is the usual pronunciation in Scotland and the north of
England.
AM

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