Confused... "Q" Pronunciation...

[AKL_Megs]

How do you say this last name... "McQuade"?

I have a co-worker with the last name of "Quade", and he pronounces it, "Kwa-Dee".

An old family friend just got married and is now "McQuade", however, she pronounces it "MicKADE".



Isn't "Quade" the same, whether a "Mc" is in front of it or not?

I don't get last names...

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

 

[AKL_Megs]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

I never even thought of that! Now I am even MORE confused!

 

[Kimberly]

I would say McKade, but both way probably work.

Kind of like the proper way to say QUAYS. I say CAYS.

 

[aprilgail2]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

I agree---I would never say it McKade

 

[Lanshark]

I teach phonics and always tell my students that all bets are off when it comes to names. A person can pronounce it any way they want.

Phonetically the Mc is in the front and QUADE it is a VCE (Vowel Consonant e) syllable. That makes the a long and the e silent. Qu is always pronounced like it is in the word quilt or queen.

Again, the rules do not apply with names.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I teach phonics and always tell my students that all bets are off when it comes to names. A person can pronounce it any way they want.

Phonetically the Mc is in the front and QUADE it is a VCE (Vowel Consonant e) syllable. That makes the a long and the e silent. Qu is always pronounced like it is in the word quilt or queen.

Again, the rules do not apply with names.

So, if it wasn't a NAME, it would be "McQuad".

 

[Lanshark]

So, if it wasn't a NAME, it would be "McQuad".

No, the a would be long if it were 2 syllables. The ade would be pronounced like the word aid

It could also be looked at as three syllables. If it is three syllables MC Qua de then the a makes a sound like a short u (like in the word up) and the e is long.

Again, the rules do not apply with names.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

That's how I would pronounce it--like in the movie.

 

[Imzadi]

Isn't McQuade Irish? So maybe it's proununciation is determined by how Irish sounding one kept the name when their ancestors came over? Plus, just because it's spelled with a Q here, doesn't mean it's pronounced with a Q sound.

Like the name Sinead, also Irish, is not pronounced the way it looks phonetically, pronounced: Shin-AID. There are plenty of Irish/Scotish names pronounced nothing like they are spelled.

There's singer Sade who pronounces it Shah-day.

I had a roommate in college. She kept talking about a family, pronouncing their name as "Cone," mostly because of her Jewish - Long Island accent. Turns out the name is spelled Cohan, which I would have pronounced like "Coe-Han," same as the singer, George M. Cohan, who created the Yankee Doodle Dandy song.

Also for the pronunciation of Q, I think the Canadians pronounce their city, Quebec as "Kay-bec," keeping the French pronunciation, whereas Americans pronounce it as "Kwa-bec."

 

[rie'smom]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

This is how I would pronounce it as well.

 

[kimblebee]

Isn't McQuade Irish? So maybe it's proununciation is determined by how Irish sounding one kept the name when their ancestors came over? Plus, just because it's spelled with a Q here, doesn't mean it's pronounced with a Q sound.

Like the name Sinead, also Irish, is not pronounced the way it looks phonetically, pronounced: Shin-AID. There are plenty of Irish/Scotish names pronounced nothing like they are spelled.

There's singer Sade who pronounces it Shah-day.

I had a roommate in college. She kept talking about a family, pronouncing their name as "Cone," mostly because of her Jewish - Long Island accent. Turns out the name is spelled Cohan, which I would have pronounced like "Coe-Han," same as the singer, George M. Cohan, who created the Yankee Doodle Dandy song.

Also for the pronunciation of Q, I think the Canadians pronounce their city, Quebec as "Kay-bec," keeping the French pronunciation, whereas Americans pronounce it as "Kwa-bec."

I'm Canadian and I've never heard anyone say Kay-bec. It's either Kwa-bec or Ka-bec.
For the last name, I would say Mc-Kwade as well. I have a friend who's last name used to be Toews but pronounced Taves. I never understood that one.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I would probably pronounce it how you pronounce Dennis Quaid's last name. However, like a pp said, when it comes to names, all bets are off.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I am not sure--but there are instances where parents will make up a pronunciation. This is either on purpose or they simply do not know. For names of foreign origin--I'd be one of those parents. So we chose names we
could say correctly.

As for the name, I would be inclined to pronounce it kwaid and when corrected ask (a polite way) about where the name came from.

 

[Katie's Butterflies]

I thought Mc kwayd. I guess I'm no help!

This is how I'd pronounce it too.

 

[Minnie_me]

I teach phonics and always tell my students that all bets are off when it comes to names. A person can pronounce it any way they want.

ITA!!! Brett Favre springs to mind. Did someone not notice that the R comes AFTER the V?????

There's a family in my town whose last name is spelled Gryzbek. Most people pronounce it "Griz-beck". The family pronounces it "Jibbik".

 

[kimblebee]

There is a hockey player named Dennis Byfuglien. It is pronounced Bufflin

Sometimes they can be hard to figure out.

 

[minkydog]

The name is pronounced however the wearer says it.

 

[Bethenny]

How do you say this last name... "McQuade"?

I have a co-worker with the last name of "Quade", and he pronounces it, "Kwa-Dee".

An old family friend just got married and is now "McQuade", however, she pronounces it "MicKADE".



Isn't "Quade" the same, whether a "Mc" is in front of it or not?

I don't get last names...

Kwa-Dee makes no sense at all. With McQuade, I would have guess either McKwaid or McCade

 

[bballmom56]

My DH worked with someone whose last name was Quade, pronounced kwayd (or as someone else pointed out, like Randy Quaid).