Elijah in General Hospital?

[jaramajo.livejournal.com]

From WIKIPEDIA:

Wood was recently cast as Morris Durante on daytime soap General Hospital. He has signed a three year contract. His charecter is the younger brother of Carly Corinthos and the love interest of Alison Lansing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Wood 

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[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

That's what I love about ole Macca. He refuses to be pigeon-holed, God bless him!

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

He said it had been a life-ambition. Some other famous UK actors have wanted to get on Coronation Street, too. (Maybe Sir Ian started a trend, or maybe it was already a tradition?) But none of them wanted to be on it for three years, lol!

"Macca"; I don't know that nickname. Do you know what it comes from?

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Well it's just nick-name that, in Australia, we give to anyone whose surname starts with Mc or Mac. So in my thoughts I just always find myself calling Ian, "Macca"! Actually I thought they did the same in the UK but maybe it is just an Aussie thing.

We also call McDonald's restaurants, Macca's. In fact I can't remember the last time I heard an Aussie call it by it's proper name!

Anyway, getting back to Ian I also loved the fact that he played a traditional dame role in a pantomime too (another life-long ambition I heard). I would have loved to have seen that!

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

That's fascinating! If it's short for Mc and Mac names, does the accent go on the second syllable, as in "Mac-CAH"?

In America they sometimes call MacDonald's "Mac's". I believe I've seen movies in which men call other men whose surname begins with Mac "Mac", too. But not if their name begins with "Mc". This leads me to think a lot of people here say "MacDonald" or "MacBride", etc. with a strong pronunciation of the first syllable, like "MACK-BRIDE". I tend to say it as if it were the same as "Mc" names.

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

I think in Australia we tend to pronounce the prefix Mc and Mac the same way, with no real emphasis on the vowell - just a short Mc sound.

As for the Macca nickname, the emphasis is on the first vowell but only slightly. So it's just "MACK-kah" if you know what I mean. :)

Even Paul McCartney is often referred to as "Macca" in the press here.

Just out of curiosity - often if someone is in the mood for McDonald's food they joke and say they feel like a "Mack-Attack". Is that everywhere or just in Australia?

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Yes, they say "Mack-attack" here, too. :)

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

LOL! It's a good way of describing it!