You say to-MAY-to, I say to-MAH-to...
Filey's School in Monaghan Township, an old one-room schoolhouse, went on to be used as a preschool. The Daily Record/Sunday News is putting together a book on one-room school memories and photos, and it's available for preorder here.
So here's something that's been bothering me for a while. And this morning, I found out that a few other people don't know this either:
How do you pronounce "Monaghan," the township in northern York County?
Is it MON-uh-han? Is it Mon-AGAIN? Or is it something even weirder, like Mon-OG-an?
Post a comment. Your response will keep the newspaper's editors from looking dumb. Well, it'll help, anyway.
Louise · April 15, 2008 3:06 PM
Hi Joan,
I don't know if this will help but my next door neighbor's name is Gaughan (he's Irish) and it is pronounced "gone." I will leave the interpretation to you.
Love, your sis, Weez