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Is there a rhyme or reason to pronouncing the surname "Davies"? (startrek.website)
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I've heard it pronounced both "Dave-Iss" and "Davey's". I don't hear the names often but I see them regularly and never know how to pronounce them. The only one I'm sure about is Alan Davies (Dave-Iss) because of QI.

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[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

spoilerit's the defunct scottish letter Ȝ isn't it?

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I've heard it as

spoilerMin Giss

Menzies Campbell (Scottish Lib Dem MP) is pronounced like this.

The shop John Menzies should have been pronounced like that, but everyone just said it how it looked.