McAfee = Mic calf ee
or
McAfee = Mac A fee
Have heard it both way's. Is this gonna be a Yankee vs. Southern Pronunciation just like Appalachian?![]()
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McAfee = Mic calf ee
or
McAfee = Mac A fee
Have heard it both way's. Is this gonna be a Yankee vs. Southern Pronunciation just like Appalachian?![]()
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MACK a fee knob is how I've always heard it pronounced
I'm local ... and frankly ... even the locals pronounce it both ways. Sometimes both ways in the same sentence![]()
Its the second part of "McAfee Knob" that gets me. In Ireland, "knob" has no geological connotations. It can mean a kind of handle on a door, but more often used as slang.
"knob" is slang for an erect penis or used roughly similar to "dick", as in "That guy is a knob[head]".
So whenever I climb to the top of a knob on the AT, my inner 12 year old has a little chuckle.
I live nearby as well. Probably 80% say MAC ah fee's knob, but there are definitely some that emphasis the A sound. Honestly, the way it's capitalized makes me think it ought to be the less common pronunciation, but it still sounds weird to me.
I would go for the third pronunciation option, "Mick Aye Fees Kah Noob", you'll confuse everyone and leave an impression that will be lasting.
Mc\Mick...son of
Mac\Mack...brother of
Son of knob![]()
It is pronounced just like the Anti-virus software -- both ways. Actually, John McAfee should know -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vte2VIGH3Q
Last edited by Shutterbug; 07-10-2016 at 21:18.
Shutterbug
You hear it both ways because some people are saying it wrong.
Always have heard it 2 ways
MACK-UH-FEE
MAH-CAF-EE
Ill be there for the first time in the next month or so, ill ask which it prefers and update
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