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Aug 06, 2011 11:41
Things that irrationally annoy the bejeezus out of me: people who say "linksee" instead of "linksys".
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c0nsumer
August 7 2011, 03:52:10 UTC
My favorite is MacAfee instead of McAfee.
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bekscilla
August 7 2011, 04:09:57 UTC
I hear that one constantly. I don't remember the last time it was pronounced McAfee
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c0nsumer
August 7 2011, 04:10:43 UTC
I've even heard it from some of their employees.
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pne
August 8 2011, 14:24:26 UTC
John Wells’s Phonetic Blog entry on Mc-/Mac- names
has
a comment saying that the accent difference could depend on the etymology
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buckaction
August 8 2011, 22:33:05 UTC
"Mc" should be pronounced as "Mick" (thus, the slur/slang). In reality though, people can pronounce their name any way they want to :)
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