[Magdalen] Mispronunciation (was Re: List sibs departed from this life)

[Charles Wohlers]

Not as far as I know, although there are indeed very few Wohlers in this 
country (or in Germany, for that matter). There are a bunch of Wohlers in 
the Holyoke, MA, area, where he's from, but I know of no connection.

All our Wohlers came from 4 or 5 brothers (my grandfather was the youngest) 
who emigrated to NYC in the 1890's.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 10:16 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mispronunciation (was Re: List sibs departed from 
this life)

Chad, did I ever ask you if you were related to onetime Atlanta Braves
reliever Mark Wohlers?

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Well, none of you are "blessed" with a name like mine - which, whenever I
> mention it to someone I don't know (or, often to those I do know), it's
> always "Wohlers, W-O-H-L-E-R-S". I *always* spell it out for people, so I
> save time before they either misspell it or ask how to spell it. Otherwise
> I typically get "Wholers" or some such. So it's pronounced WOE-lurz, not
> HOO-lurz.
>
> (Of course, the German relatives would say "VO-lurz", but that would
> confuse English-speakers just too much).
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Stokes
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:05 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mispronunciation (was Re: List sibs departed from
> this life)
>
>
> On 31/10/2015 00:51, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> Judging from the only one I ever knew from thereabouts, it would be
>> "McDUNna", more or less?
>>
>
> Scott was closer - it rhymes with Madonna.  People know how to pronounce
> the singer's name even if they don't know it as a title of the Blessed
> Virgin Mary, particularly when portrayed with her son.
>
> Roger
>