I loved this lesson and did wonder about the Muck/Mac thing!
I loved this lesson and did wonder about the Muck/Mac thing!As someone with a Mc surname and Irish ancestry, I can vouch that pronouncing McDonalds ‘Muck’ is correct. Mick is ….acceptable ish (but very clunky sounding to British/Irish ears) but definitely not Mack as it’s McDonalds not MacDonalds.
Mac is (more often) the Scots way. Both mean ‘son of’ Mc is more likely Irish, Mac is more likely Scottish. So someone with the surname MacGuire would be ‘Mack Guire’ and someone with the surname McLean would be pronounced ‘Muck-lean’ or ‘Muh-Clean’ (just like the F1 team McLaren is pronounced ‘Muh-Claren’ not ‘Mick-Laren’ or ‘Mack-Laren’
and that’s the end of the lesson today folksI’m a bit of an etymology geek if you hadn’t worked that out
Glad my geekiness has pleased youI loved this lesson and did wonder about the Muck/Mac thing!
I would much rather pay for my own day out than put up with Helga constantly babbling on for 16 hours and filming me for her content. I would have ended up screaming ‘shut up, shut up, shut up’ after about 15 minutes in that minibusPrice of an all expenses covered trip!
McLean is pronounced McLane!As someone with a Mc surname and Irish ancestry, I can vouch that pronouncing McDonalds ‘Muck’ is correct. Mick is ….acceptable ish (but very clunky sounding to British/Irish ears) but definitely not Mack as it’s McDonalds not MacDonalds.
Mac is (more often) the Scots way. Both mean ‘son of’ Mc is more likely Irish, Mac is more likely Scottish. So someone with the surname MacGuire would be ‘Mack Guire’ and someone with the surname McLean would be pronounced ‘Muck-lean’ or ‘Muh-Clean’ (just like the F1 team McLaren is pronounced ‘Muh-Claren’ not ‘Mick-Laren’ or ‘Mack-Laren’
and that’s the end of the lesson today folksI’m a bit of an etymology geek if you hadn’t worked that out
As someone with a Mc surname and Irish ancestry, I can vouch that pronouncing McDonalds ‘Muck’ is correct. Mick is ….acceptable ish (but very clunky sounding to British/Irish ears) but definitely not Mack as it’s McDonalds not MacDonalds.
Mac is (more often) the Scots way. Both mean ‘son of’ Mc is more likely Irish, Mac is more likely Scottish. So someone with the surname MacGuire would be ‘Mack Guire’ and someone with the surname McLean would be pronounced ‘Muck-lean’ or ‘Muh-Clean’ (just like the F1 team McLaren is pronounced ‘Muh-Claren’ not ‘Mick-Laren’ or ‘Mack-Laren’
and that’s the end of the lesson today folksI’m a bit of an etymology geek if you hadn’t worked that out
.... even pre covid this seems ambitious. They could just go in September when it's still Summer but kids are back at school so it's probably cheaper and quieter. She can take her annual leave whenever she wants, why book a UK holiday slap bang in the middle of the school hols if you don't have to!? It's like when retired people take the caravan to the seaside on a bank holiday weekend.How dense to think that there would be ANY availability. It’s less than two months away, to an already popular destination, during the busiest summer month REGARDLESS of the circumstances and the fact that everyone’s doing a staycation this year?!
What an flaming idiot.
This has got to be a beg for a free trip right? Or is she that stupid that she honestly thought she’d be able to get something booked.How dense to think that there would be ANY availability. It’s less than two months away, to an already popular destination, during the busiest summer month REGARDLESS of the circumstances and the fact that everyone’s doing a staycation this year?!
What an flaming idiot.
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I was thinking the same, like with her NC500 trip which ended up being mostly sponsored/ads. She'll be hoping some holiday park takes pity on her and finds her something now.This has got to be a beg for a free trip right? Or is she that stupid that she honestly thought she’d be able to get something booked.
As a linguist and a 'forinner' living in the UK I'm loving this, thanks for the detailsAs someone with a Mc surname and Irish ancestry, I can vouch that pronouncing McDonalds ‘Muck’ is correct. Mick is ….acceptable ish (but very clunky sounding to British/Irish ears) but definitely not Mack as it’s McDonalds not MacDonalds.
Mac is (more often) the Scots way. Both mean ‘son of’ Mc is more likely Irish, Mac is more likely Scottish. So someone with the surname MacGuire would be ‘Mack Guire’ and someone with the surname McLean would be pronounced ‘Muck-lean’ or ‘Muh-Clean’ (just like the F1 team McLaren is pronounced ‘Muh-Claren’ not ‘Mick-Laren’ or ‘Mack-Laren’
and that’s the end of the lesson today folksI’m a bit of an etymology geek if you hadn’t worked that out
I’d be amazed if it works given the astronomical demand and prices for UK holidays this year - why would you bother giving some influencer a free week in a spot you’ve got 50 paying customers queuing up for? Helga might have to just stay at homeThis has got to be a beg for a free trip right? Or is she that stupid that she honestly thought she’d be able to get something booked.
Interesting that the tickets didn’t sell out super quickly. I think the assessment that she can’t be arsed with the testing and probably can’t rope people into going with her at such short notice is spot on though.Download tickets were actually really easy to get. They were still in stock for like a week or so after release which is odd considering the small amount of tickets. I can imagine she just doesnt want to do the tests/ couldn't find people to go with her. They announced it really short notice and if I friends have normal jobs it would be difficult to suddenly get time off during summer.
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