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  1. 26th June 09, 12:43 PM #31
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    The MacHinery is an old joke... It is still funny when it hooks some... I was just thinking about it this morning
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    Wink

    Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
    No, i doesn't matter if it is Mc or Mac. It is the same thing, and pronounced the same way.
    not in my house it isn't.
  3. 26th June 09, 01:31 PM #33
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    hmmm

    Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
    No, i doesn't matter if it is Mc or Mac. It is the same thing, and pronounced the same way.
    Sorry buddy, but I will take advice from the man from scotland, not Kentucky.
  4. 26th June 09, 01:37 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
    No, i doesn't matter if it is Mc or Mac. It is the same thing, and pronounced the same way.
    Sorry Dan, but I am with Sandy on this one. Now that is going to be tricky for you, what?
  5. 26th June 09, 01:40 PM #35
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    Durn it!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Sorry Dan, but I am with Sandy on this one. Now that is going to be tricky for you, what?
    Had to throw a wrench in huh? Well then now I am going with a Scot and one with age! So Mack it is!k

    So does this mean me and my other Irish friend can't call each other Micks anymore?
  6. 26th June 09, 01:45 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R Porter View Post
    Had to throw a wrench in huh? Well then now I am going with a Scot and one with age! So Mack it is!k

    So does this mean me and my other Irish friend can't call each other Micks anymore?
    I think it wise to consult with an Irishman on that latter point, not a Scot!
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    You'd think anyone in the States could pronounce 'McIntyre' correctly, but I get a lot of times, 'Muh-KIN-ter', MACK-in-teer', or 'Dun-lop'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R Porter View Post
    Had to throw a wrench in huh? Well then now I am going with a Scot and one with age! So Mack it is!k...

    it probably has to do with where in Scotland you live. us north-easters do tend to say things differently.*







    *some would say correctly
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R Porter View Post
    Sorry buddy, but I will take advice from the man from scotland, not Kentucky.
    Hmmm, glad you had your comeuppance from the pen of Jock Scot.

    I won't bother to comment further on your public humiliation.
  10. 26th June 09, 03:15 PM #40
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    haha

    Some of you people take things too far

    And whatever happened to "Kentucky, yes its that friendly"?
    Last edited by Dan R Porter; 26th June 09 at 03:33 PM.
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