So my bestie of many years that has never been to Texas, but whose folks were from Texas as were mine, never misses a chance to laugh at my pronunciations of words. Most of my time growing up was in the Colorado mountains, but the time spent in Texas with my Grandparents did influence some of my verbal word smithing. So today restaurants opened for indoor dining and I treated her to a meal at my favorite authentic Mexican Restaurant. On the way, we passed McDonald's, and the line waiting to get indoors was unbelievable. I said, "Who would have ever dreamed of a line waiting for indoor seating at Mac Donalds?" She laughs and says, "You and your Texas talk, it is called Mick Donalds." I snap back, "Really, then why do they call their big burger, the Big Mac? Do they call it the Big Mick, no they do not, so there?" She claimed the Big Mac has nothing to do with the correct pronunciation of Mcdonald's. I disagree. What do y'all or you guys or you all or you uns think?
Haha, this thread reminds me of when my oldest son was a little guy. My sister's name is "Donna," so when Brian learned to talk he called her "McDonna" instead of Aunt Donna. I guess we went through the drive thru a few too many times in those days.
The same reason the slogan went "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" instead of "Winston tastes good as a cigarette should." Ad people don't read and write so good. They're functionally illegitimate.
It's always been 'Mac' Donald's here. Never heard it pronounced the other way, yet. I've heard it said Mickey D's but that didn't last long here either. The commercials sounds like more with the 'ack' long a but you can also hear an 'ick'. . Muck Donald's
Fascinating. Who would have thought there were three ways to pronounce McDonald's? It looks like @Frank Sanoica got it right. I wonder if regional dialect has anything to do with it? I don't expect to change how I say it, though.