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

[Esther Williamson]

Yes, Scott! But if I asked how do you pronounce 'oil' and they said 
'ohl' and I would say "perfect" they would be confused and still 
couldn't say Ohl.

Esther

On 10/31/2015 10:41 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> 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.
>