The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107674   Message #2234518
Posted By: katlaughing
12-Jan-08 - 12:35 AM
Thread Name: MacPherson [how to pronounce?]
Subject: RE: MacPherson
Raised in Wyoming and Colorado - we'd pronounce almost like oyu do, but more muk-FEAR-sun.

My Rog, from New Hampshire, says it the same way.

Maybe the FUR is a reflection of a Scottish accent? In my mind, I can hear a friend or two who are Scots kind of rolling it and it sounding more like FUR than FEAR, actually a kind of blend of the two which sounds more like muk-FAIR-sun.:-)