Thread: Is "McIntyre" really pronounced "MacIntyre"?
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:39 PM   #11
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I think its generally pronounced "Mac" if followed by a suffix beginning with a vowel, and "Muck" if the next letter is a consonant.

Hence "MuckDonalds", "MacIntyre", "MuckMahon", "MacAdam", "MuckCartney", "MacIntosh" etc etc
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