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

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Sat Oct 31 14:41:23 UTC 2015


On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:
> From the time of my first marriage in 1954 until my second one in 2004 I was
> an Ohl. Always "Ohl, O-H-L".  When we moved to Virginia we discovered that
> those with the most southern accent could not pronounce it much less spell
> it.

Ohl is how some in the South pronounce "oil," I think. At least my
colleague Suzanne from Georgia did.

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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