[Ads-l] G. MacKay and Co.

[Paul A Johnston, Jr]

I would think, McKees are MacKay's too.  It's always "MacEye" in Scotland, though there is dialectal variation in Gaelic.


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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Do we have any evidence for a "muhkye" pronunciation of "McCoy"?
> > >   This
> > certainly seems the most plausible explanation for the transition
> > from
> > "MacKay" to "McCoy," if they were indeed pronounced similarly.
> >
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> http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/maceye/maceye_or_macka.html
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