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Dom Tuk | 12:31 Mon 09th Jan 2006 | People & Places
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Is it a common/correct pronunciation of the name Menzies or is it only peculiar to the lib dem MP.
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This has been discussed at length on Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine today.


The received pronunciation is 'Ming-is' - with 'Ming' as the shortened version - which leaves him open for jokes about 'Ming The Merciless' and 'Mingers' and so on. Someone said that in the north of Scotland, the name is pronounced as spelt, so it may be a matter of regional variation, as well as personal preference.

13:55 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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As in the chain of stationers/ newagents John Mingis or as in the groovy jazz bassist Charles Menzies?
15:30 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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In Scotland the name Menzies is pronounced Mingis, but the stationers is known here by both. I know quite a few people with the forename Menzies, pronounced Mingus.
16:33 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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i have relatives called menzies - and they pronounce it as its spelt.
21:25 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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Full explanation on the BBC website


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4595228.stm


complete with limerick!

11:33 Tue 10th Jan 2006

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