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How to say my name

Peter Marquis-Kyle.
   

Peter   

is just peter. You know how to say that.
   

Marquis   

has two syllables: mark (like the apostle) + wiss (rhymes with bliss).
   

-   

is a hyphen. It's silent.
   

Kyle   

rhymes with style.
   

Where does the name come from? Scotland, in the nineteenth century. Before the 1820s the name was McVarquis, not Marquis. My Great Grandfather Daniel Marquis Kyle was born in Glasgow in 1860 and came to Brisbane in 1883.

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