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3rd June 15, 12:26 PM
#13
 Originally Posted by The Q
Also the Scottish name of Menzies is or should be pronounced ( approximately) Mengis, this is from the disappearance of a letter for the old NG sound and the nearest in shape to the old letter was a Z. Sadly even in Scotland I often hear: Men-zees
The yogh.
The Anglicised Mackenzie had originally been pronounced "Mackaingye" – with a modern English Y sound represented with the letter yogh ȝ. In the 18th century it became popular to write and pronounce the name with what is the equivalent of a modern English Z sound, because of the similarity of the letter yogh and letter Z. There are Lowland Scots words and Scottish names that have been affected in a similar way (example: the surname Menzies).
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/cmLFyo.asp
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