Canadian singer Bruce Cockburn’s last name is pronounced “CO-burn”.
What is the derivation of this?
His family pronounces it as it’s spelled. He doesn’t. Personal preference, I guess.
There is a brand of port wine, Cockburn, which is also pronounced CO-burn. I’d assumed it was a regional/ethnic pronunciation.
Would you want to be called “cock burn”?
I’m gonna have to tell my cockworkers about this.
When the late John Glascock was bassist for Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson used to refer to him onstage as “Old Brittle Dick.”