Hi Dot (and Ian) When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies.  They had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' pronounced with a silent 'g'.  I always understood that this was the true pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. Rhoda.  Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- From: Dot holden <koolbean1234@gmail.com> Date: 25/07/2018 15:03 (GMT+00:00) To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] FAO Ian White Hi Ian, I will scan it for you - but we have the builders in at the moment so all my paperwork is away until the middle of next week but I will do it asap after then! I have noticed my trio of Menzies brothers had the same kind of problems with their surname after they moved to Newark, the spellings on documents is quite inventive sometimes and, before I married, I did get a letter addressed to Miss Merryeyes once! Dot On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Ian White <ian.white4@live.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Dot, > > I too am a descendent of the Menzies clan circa 1715 Jacobite army in > Cumberland. I would dearly love to have a copy of the data sheet your Mum > was given, any chance? My 8 x G Grandfather had his surname dialectically > changed by the Cumbrian accent to MINGINS of which I have a one-name study > with the GOONS (Guild of One Name Studies) and over 800 connections > world-wide. > > Best wishes, > > Ian White > Ian.white4@live.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information.  http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Contact the list administrator  at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/lancsgen Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY  Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I believe it is the Gaelic pronunciation and some Scots take great pleasure in correcting people! But the only correct way of pronouncing a name is the way that the holder of the name wants it pronounced and many people have adopted the common "English" pronunciation. Martin Briscoe Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) -----Original Message----- From: rhoda6 via LANCSGEN [mailto:lancsgen@rootsweb.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 4:35 PM To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Cc: rhoda6 <rhoda6@btinternet.com> Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White Hi Dot (and Ian) When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies. They had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' pronounced with a silent 'g'. I always understood that this was the true pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. Rhoda.