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Help[Opinions] Re: Need assistance with the pronunciation and origin of a name
in reply to a message by meowzie
My wild uneducated guess about Monticue, is that it could be a respelling of Montague, invented by a US Montague family who did not want their name to make people think of Romeo & Juliet. Or maybe they didn't like people mispronouncing Montague as "Mon-TAG." I've heard of surnames being respelled for trivial reasons like that, before, anyway. "MON-ta-ghew" is the usual English pronunciation of Montague.
I think if you meant to use a recognizable but somewhat unusual name, you probably want Montague. It's been used for more things than just R&J and would not seem weird to use for a minor character.
Monticue kind of reminds me of barbecue, and as a reader I think it'd distract me by being so similar to Montague.
- mirfak
I think if you meant to use a recognizable but somewhat unusual name, you probably want Montague. It's been used for more things than just R&J and would not seem weird to use for a minor character.
Monticue kind of reminds me of barbecue, and as a reader I think it'd distract me by being so similar to Montague.
- mirfak
