How do you say "Magens Bay"?

[perlgirlnj]

I've seen it in print & in posts a million times but I don't know how to say it out loud.

 

Is it like "rhymes with PAY" MAY-gens?

 

Is it like "rhymes with CAT" MA-gens?

 

Is it like "rhymes with HOT" MAH-gens?

 

Or is is something altogether different?

 

(I know it's not Megan's which is how so many people incorrectly spell it!).

[lostdart58]

Magens = May gens = Rhymes with Pagens (religionless people)

Edited September 11, 2009 by lostdart58

[laser110]

lostdart58 - couldn't have said it better myself :)

 

Scott

[K&RCurt]

Magens = May gens = Rhymes with Pagens (religionless people)

 

Not to be difficult...BUT,

 

Pagans are NOT religionless. Their belief system is simply Non-Abrahamic.

[drb]

Not to be difficult...BUT,

 

Pagans are NOT religionless. Their belief system is simply Non-Abrahamic.

 

Thank you.

[BNBR]

I know this is a very old one and I kind of randomly stumbled on it, but thought I'd chime in... You are ALL wrong :)

 

It's named after a Dane - Jacob Magens. And you wouldn't pronounce the "g" like you would in English. It would be closer to "ma-yens". The g sounds more like a Y.

 

That said, on the island, nobody really speaks Danish and the most common pronunciation seems more like "mag" as in "maggie" - "mag-ens" bay or just like the name "meghan."

 

Another fun fact about St Thomas would be many of the older roads which have Danish names. They end with "Gade" - which is pronounced more like "ga-th-e" - as the D is soft in Danish and sounds more like the "th" in "brother". I would be curious how the locals pronounce this one, too :)

[O2B@Cagain]

Most say "gah-duh" because the final sound isn't an English one. LOL