"the real McKay" 1875

[Wilson Gray]

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
example.

-Wilson

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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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."
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=DHI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=%22the+real+mackay%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1877&as_brr=0&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22the%20real%20mackay%22&f=false
>
> 2) MOUNT BENGER.
> Otago Witness [N.Z.], Issue 703, 20 May 1865, Page 5
>
> The ceremony being concluded, Bacchus was worshipped to a most satisfactory
> extent--the supply of "the real MacKay" being unlimiterd--capital in quality,
> and accompanied with tempting viands.
>
> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18650520.2.13&srpos=1&e=04-02-1843-18-12-1899--10--1-byDA---2%22the+real+mackay%22-all
>
> 3)TAIERI.
> Bruce Herald [N.Z.], Volume V, Issue 225, 19 August 1868, Page 5
> ...my previous wek's remarks have brought forward an array of local
> talent from
> the _Captain_ to _Stripes_ and a _real_ Mackay to the bargain.
>
> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BH18680819.2.17&srpos=2&e=04-02-1843-18-12-1899--10--1-byDA---2%22the+real+mackay%22-all
>
> 4) Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
> Bruce Herald [N.Z.], Volume VI, Issue 322, 29 June 1870, Page 2
> SCOTCH BLANKETS,
> No Imitation, but the "REAL MACKAY"....
>
> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BH18700629.2.3.2&srpos=3&e=04-02-1843-18-12-1899--10--1-byDA---2%22the+real+mackay%22-all
>
> and several other similar texts
>
> Quoting Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>:
>
>> Page 4 Advertisements Column 3
>> Marlborough Express {New Zealand], Volume X, Issue 688, 27 February
>> 1875, Page 4
>>
>> Cut Tobacco--the real McKay--and other brands never introduced into Blenheim
>> before.
>>
>> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX18750227.2.13.3&srpos=1&e=04-02-1843-18-12-1899--10--1-byDA---2%22the+real+mckay%22-all
>>
>> Stephen Goranson
>> http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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