So, lots of people don't know how to pronounce McEwan.*
It may not be one of those zany Chinese names that gives Betty Brown a case of the vapors, but it nonetheless causes much confusion among people who don't speak, uh, Scottish. Or something.
The most common mispronunciation is mick-ee-wan, followed closely by mick-wee-in, and the best mispronunciation until now had been massey-wan, which I thought made very creative use of that "c" by turning it soft.
But I just got off the phone with a telemarketer who asked to speak to "McWeenut."
To which I could only reply, "Are you looking for Iain or Melissa McWeenut?"
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* For the record, it's mack-yoo-uhn.
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