Pronunciations

[Marshal Moroni]

How about a new one in the mix.

Last year I was taken to task by a woman over my pronunciation of Lamont. I was wearing my SWK Lamont half sett variant at the time.

Any help is appreciated as I may see this same woman again this summer (long story).

Cheers,

Marshal Moroni

[ghostlight]

Last year I was taken to task by a woman over my pronunciation of Lamont.

I've heard people here in the States with the surname spelled the same way say it "luh-mont", "lah-mont" and "lamb-it".

I'm also curious what the folks in Scotland say.

[Chas]

How a man pronounces his own name is down to the individual. The family who lived next door to my aunt for 40 years called themselves The On-I-ons. Everybody else called them Mr and Mrs Onion.

Regards

Chas

[Dan R Porter]

I've heard people here in the States with the surname spelled the same way say it "luh-mont", "lah-mont" and "lamb-it".

I'm also curious what the folks in Scotland say.

Careful not to offend anyone!

[heilanner]

i've heard the name Lamont pronounced two different ways; Lamint and Lamont (the emphasized syllable in bold).

the 2nd version was an Englishman, the 1st a Scot i went to school with. make of that what you will.

[Dan R Porter]

"You say tomato, I say tomatoe, lets call the whole thing off!"

[DWFII]

The MacHinery is an old joke... It is still funny when it hooks some... I was just thinking about it this morning

Doh!! I never heard that one before!

[thoth51]

And here I thought Westerners had trouble with Chinese names

[SteveB]

My take on Lamont. My Lamont side of the family pronounces it "Lamb-it", except for one cousin that says "Lam-int".
I do not argue with how my customers wish their names pronounced. MacDonnell expects to hear MACK-DOE-nell. etc.

Slainte

[Morris at Heathfield]

And here I thought Westerners had trouble with Chinese names

Chinese names are easy because they're pronounced exactly the way they're spelled. 林 is pronounced "林", 蔡 is pronounced "蔡", 胡 is pronounced "胡", and so on.