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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Megan? (more)
in reply to a message by Perrine
I'm Danish, and I've always pronounced Megan as the traditional English way, like MEE-gan.
MAY-gen, MAY-gan, MAE-gen, or MAE-gan, would be if it was spelled as Maegan or Meagan, with or without an 'h' in them.
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MAY-gen, MAY-gan, MAE-gen, or MAE-gan, would be if it was spelled as Maegan or Meagan, with or without an 'h' in them.
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Isn't MEG-en the traditional way? I always thought it was. Ooops.
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Yes, it is. The -an is a Welsh diminutive ending, and Meg is from Margaret in the usual way, with a short e.
It looks as if it should have a long -ee sound in the first syllable, because there is a single consonant following it. The more usual way of spelling it to achieve the short -e sound would be to double the g: Meggan. But that isn't the way Welsh works, it seems!
It looks as if it should have a long -ee sound in the first syllable, because there is a single consonant following it. The more usual way of spelling it to achieve the short -e sound would be to double the g: Meggan. But that isn't the way Welsh works, it seems!
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I don't know, but the way I do it, is just how my ears has always heard it. Maybe I'm also wrong in my assessment. Hm...
Plus, I kinda find it strange, though, that the last 'a' in the name is replaced by an 'e' sound in the pronunciation. So, that may be how I came to pronounce it as I do, since my ears/brain found it weird to compute.
Plus, I kinda find it strange, though, that the last 'a' in the name is replaced by an 'e' sound in the pronunciation. So, that may be how I came to pronounce it as I do, since my ears/brain found it weird to compute.
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