"the real McKay" 1875

[Jonathan Lighter]

Is it possible that {McCoy} too was pronounced as [m at .kaI]?  The lyrics of
the "ca1870?" song might tell us.

FWIW, western star Tim McCoy pronounced it / OI/.

JL

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:

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> 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
> > example.
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> > -Wilson
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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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