How to say “Menzies, Culzean and Dalziel”

It is Mingi-is, Cullane and Dee-yell.
And it is all down to the defunct letter in Old Scots, the little known ‘yogh’ pronounced ‘yoch,’
The written yogh looked like a ‘z’ but was pronounced like a ‘y’
The Menzies family continues to thrive and once there was a John Menzies newsagent on hundreds of high streets throughout the UK. Now the shops have gone but it is common to see Menzies Distribution at airports.
Culzean is a wonderful destination in Ayrshire with a lovely stately home where Dwight Eisenhower, the US President from 1953-1961, had the use of an apartment from the end of the war.

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