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The name '''Keynes''' has two uses currently. | The name '''Keynes''' has two uses currently. | ||
| − | *It is found in a number of place-names, such as '''Milton Keynes'''. In these, it is pronounced with a [[Long vowel - short vowel|long '-i-']] to rhyme with 'means' and 'scenes': {{IPA|kiːnz}}. Horsted Keynes | + | *It is found in a number of place-names, such as '''Milton Keynes'''. In these, it is pronounced with a [[Long vowel - short vowel|long '-i-']] to rhyme with 'means' and 'scenes': {{IPA|kiːnz}}. Horsted Keynes is an exception: it uses the predominant family pronunciation below. |
**('''Keynes''' as an element in a place-name indicates previous ownership in the years after the [[Norman Conquest]] of the place by a member of one of the families variously written '''de Kaines''', '''de Kaynes''', '''de Cahaignes''', '''Cahagnes''' [a place in Normandy], '''de Keynes''' etc.) | **('''Keynes''' as an element in a place-name indicates previous ownership in the years after the [[Norman Conquest]] of the place by a member of one of the families variously written '''de Kaines''', '''de Kaynes''', '''de Cahaignes''', '''Cahagnes''' [a place in Normandy], '''de Keynes''' etc.) | ||
*Modern representatives of these families mostly write themselves '''Keynes''', and pronounce it as a [[homophone]] of 'canes',rhyming it with 'planes' and 'Danes':{{IPA|keɪnz}}. This includes | *Modern representatives of these families mostly write themselves '''Keynes''', and pronounce it as a [[homophone]] of 'canes',rhyming it with 'planes' and 'Danes':{{IPA|keɪnz}}. This includes | ||
| − | **the great economist '''John Maynard Keynes''' (1883–1946). The [[adjective]] to refer to him and his work, '''keynesian''', and the doctrine ''' | + | **the great economist '''John Maynard Keynes''' (1883–1946). The [[adjective]] to refer to him and his work, '''keynesian''', and the doctrine '''Keynesianism''', are pronounced like their [[eponym]]: 'CANES-i-an', {{IPA|ˈkeɪnz ɪ ən [ɪz<sup>ə</sup>m]}} |
**his father '''John Neville Keynes''' (1852–1949) also an economist; a teacher and administrator at Cambridge University | **his father '''John Neville Keynes''' (1852–1949) also an economist; a teacher and administrator at Cambridge University | ||
| − | **Simon Keynes (1952- ), Professor of [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] (retired 2019) in Cambridge University | + | **Simon Keynes (1952- ), Professor of [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] (retired 2019) in Cambridge University (great-nephew of John Maynard Keynes, and, like him and Simon's brother Roger, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge). |
Latest revision as of 19:45, 7 December 2020
The name Keynes has two uses currently.
- It is found in a number of place-names, such as Milton Keynes. In these, it is pronounced with a long '-i-' to rhyme with 'means' and 'scenes': IPA: /kiːnz/. Horsted Keynes is an exception: it uses the predominant family pronunciation below.
- (Keynes as an element in a place-name indicates previous ownership in the years after the Norman Conquest of the place by a member of one of the families variously written de Kaines, de Kaynes, de Cahaignes, Cahagnes [a place in Normandy], de Keynes etc.)
- Modern representatives of these families mostly write themselves Keynes, and pronounce it as a homophone of 'canes',rhyming it with 'planes' and 'Danes':IPA: /keɪnz/. This includes
- the great economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946). The adjective to refer to him and his work, keynesian, and the doctrine Keynesianism, are pronounced like their eponym: 'CANES-i-an', IPA: /ˈkeɪnz ɪ ən [ɪzəm]/
- his father John Neville Keynes (1852–1949) also an economist; a teacher and administrator at Cambridge University
- Simon Keynes (1952- ), Professor of Anglo-Saxon (retired 2019) in Cambridge University (great-nephew of John Maynard Keynes, and, like him and Simon's brother Roger, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge).
