"the real McKay" 1875

[Jonathan Lighter]

GB has a Scottish "real Mackay" from 1873 in a context that suggests a
possible punning allusion to the brand of whisky

JL
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 1/2/2010 08:41 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Is it possible that {McCoy} too was pronounced as [m at .kaI]?  The lyrics
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> >the "ca1870?" song might tell us.
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> There's your excuse for a visit to Edinburgh (perhaps when the days
> get longer).
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> Joel
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