Cormac

karlimonster · April 2016

How do you pronounce Cormac? My brain tells me it should be "cor-mac", but I say "cor-mic" every dang time. Is it just me? If "cor-mic" is a common pronunciation could you still use the nickname Mac?

Thanks.

missmaehurt · April 2016

I say Cor-mic. I have a friend that named their son Cormac, pronounce it with the mic, and use the nn Mac. I think it's totally acceptable.

kmvisioli · April 2016

I say Cor-mic but also think nn Mac is just fine.

karlimonster · April 2016

Glad to know I'm not alone. Thank you @nataliemaephotography @kmvisioli

ccfc1984 · April 2016

Are you in the US?

In Ireland, it would depend on regional dialect. In my dialect, it's pronounced 'Cor-muck', in others it's closer to the Mac pronunciation but it wouldn't really be fully 'mac' for anyone. It's hard to describe the difference in pronunciations in a different language though. For example the 'cor' part would rhyme with for with a long o sound in the middle whereas I've heard some English speakers pronounce it closer to corr.

CaboBride2015 · April 2016

Cor-mick. Mac might be an OK nn but Cormac screams incomplete and surname to me. I keep thinking it should be McCormick.

WildWhat · April 2016

I've heard it both ways (referring to the author). I would say it depends on the speakers accent.

edit: typo

LizaKate1213 · April 2016

I pronounce it cor-mac

DunkinDecaf · April 2016

I say it core-mack.

karlimonster · April 2016

@ccfc1984 Yes, I am in the US. Sounds like there are many ways to say it. The first part is definitely more like "core"/not a long o when I say it.

NerdyLucy · April 2016

COR-mək is how I saw it. I'd say the second syllable has a schwa.

MamaSquishyB · April 2016

Am I the only one who immediately thought of Cormac McLaggen from Harry Potter? I can't remember how they pronounced it, though.

karlimonster · April 2016

@MamaSquishyB I hadn't even thought of HP until I started googling to try to figure out pronunciation. Looks like it is time to re-watch Harry Potter.

Eko14 · April 2016

I knew a Cormac and it was pronounced with the Mack sound. It was his surname though... having a hard time remembering his first name, most of the people I knew in high school went by their last name or nn.

virginiaunicorn11 · April 2016

Love this name! My only association is Cormac McCarthy. Mac is a cute nn and I agree that it seems fine, even though I'm another "cor-mic" sayer

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