Comment by choult

Comment by choult 14 hours ago

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In the UK, yogh existed in Scotland a while longer than in England. You can observe it still in the name Menzies which is pronounced Ming-is there - the z in place of the yogh.

In the last week, our most famous Menzies passed away - politician Sir "Ming" Campbell.

emmelaich 12 hours ago

Australia's longest serving prime minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Menzies also had the nickname 'ming'.

Some wag made a 'ming vase' of his face: https://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2004.176/ming-vase-sir...

  • ViscountPenguin 10 hours ago

    I prefer the modern pronunciation for the mild chuckle of hearing Antony Green talk about who won period blood every election.

zabzonk 13 hours ago

The newsagent chain Menzies (plural implied) was pronounced Ming-is-es.

  • ggm 13 hours ago

    S/was/is/ in as much as the pronunciation remains even if the chain doesn't.

jgtrosh 13 hours ago

That's /ˈmɪŋɪs/,/ˈmɪŋɡɪs/ for anyone wondering

geocar 8 hours ago

Funny. Russian pronounces the з as a z sound.

FridayoLeary 11 hours ago

Thanks for that. I always thought it was Greek or something like that. I wondered why we had a major political party led by a Greek guy.

selimthegrim 13 hours ago

But apparently, Macungie, PA has nothing to do with Mackenzie