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pronunciation



saszka2
Poland

pronunciation
 
Does anyone know how to pronounce the name "Cagney"?
 
Is it /kagni/ , /kagnei/ , /kogni/,  kognei/ ???
 
Any of the above?
 
It �s the name of the character from the book called "the Preswick �s family".

29 May 2012      





ueslteacher
Ukraine

it could follow the common rules, see here
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/james-cagney
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Sophia

29 May 2012     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

kagni

29 May 2012     



almaz
United Kingdom

The pronunciations in the link given by Sophia are the ones I normally expect to hear outwith most of Scotland and Northern Ireland. My own surname also ends in �ney (Scottish Gaelic) and we have a tendency to pronounce it /eɪ/ (the FACE set) rather than the /i:/ (the FLEECE set) which I can hear on the link. I �m wondering now if the Irish share the same pronunciation, given that Cagney is an Irish Gaelic name.

29 May 2012