"The Real McCoy"

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Says she will you ask my _eye_,
>
> Says I you are a drunking maid
>
> For I'm the real _M'Coy_.
>

     "_Mackay_"

FWIW, knew a guy in the Army spelled his name "MacKay," pronounced it
"m'KYE." OTOH, knew another guy in the Army spelled his name "Mackay,"
pronounced it "MAKkee."

Youneverknow.
-- 
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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