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“McNeese” vs “MacNeese”. How do you say it?

Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:35 pm
Posted by TigerFan244
Member since Jan 2012
3021 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:35 pm
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Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
101918 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:36 pm to
Mick
Posted by Tbone2
Member since Jun 2015
723 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:37 pm to
I say Mc. I lived there 10 yrs and they say Mac. Always was pet peeve of mine.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30465 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:37 pm to
McNeese because I’m not Jim Hawthorne.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53470 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:37 pm to
Both
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
104143 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:39 pm to
Posted by Tigergoose77
Lake Charles
Member since Jul 2017
1893 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:47 pm to
Mac. I am a professor at McNeese and I still don’t know the correct way. No one seems to really care though.
Posted by Jawilder
Nola/BR
Member since Nov 2020
2029 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:49 pm to
“Mac” neese has to be the most annoying shite ever
Posted by wilceaux
Austin, TX
Member since Apr 2004
12989 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:53 pm to
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No one seems to really care though.


The Rant:

Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
10089 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:59 pm to
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McNeese because I’m not Jim Hawthorne.


It's really just him and the other boomers. Thanks dad.
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31952 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:03 pm to
McNeese
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
19681 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:06 pm to
Grew up in Lake Charles. We all said Mac in those days but now I say Mc.
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
6101 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:19 pm to
Do you say McDonalds or MacDonalds? There's your answer.
Posted by tigerclaw10
My house
Member since Jun 2010
4853 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:22 pm to
They actually had a write up about this when I was in undergrad at McNeese. It’s pronounced Macneese. They did some high level research on this shite to prove they were saying it right
Posted by JimmyMcGoo
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
616 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:53 pm to
Posted by Geaux Guy
Member since Dec 2018
6573 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:53 pm to
Like nicknaming McKenzie - Mac

They all do it but I still call them - Mick
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
42333 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:03 pm to
Who?
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:06 pm to
I don't say it.
Posted by WestlakeTiger
San Antonio, Tejas
Member since Feb 2012
9488 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:11 pm to
Mac.

What the frick are you mick people talking about
Posted by CoyoteSong
Colorado
Member since Aug 2021
2603 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:13 pm to
Grew up just north of there. Everybody from my hometown area called it Mac.
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