In Bristol, the name Cabot is commemorated in Cabot Tower and Cabot Circus. How do Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today, please? Is it Cabot, sounding the t, or Cabo, not sounding the t? -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

With the T. Dave _____ From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 31 January 2011 08:22 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Pronunciation of Cabot in Bristol In Bristol, the name Cabot is commemorated in Cabot Tower and Cabot Circus. How do Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today, please? Is it Cabot, sounding the t, or Cabo, not sounding the t? -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3413 - Release Date: 01/30/11

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:21:47 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > In Bristol, the name Cabot is commemorated in Cabot Tower and Cabot > Circus. > How do Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today, please? > Is it Cabot, sounding the t, or Cabo, not sounding the t? On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:59:24 -0000, Dave Napier <dave.napier@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > With the T. Thanks, Dave for clarifying how Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today. Does anyone remember Cabot being pronounced without the t in the past, please? Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

I have never heard it pronounced with the "T" - it was always Cabo' when I was growing up and going to school in Bristol. Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Pronunciation of Cabot in Bristol On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:21:47 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > In Bristol, the name Cabot is commemorated in Cabot Tower and Cabot > Circus. > How do Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today, please? > Is it Cabot, sounding the t, or Cabo, not sounding the t? On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:59:24 -0000, Dave Napier <dave.napier@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > With the T. Thanks, Dave for clarifying how Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today. Does anyone remember Cabot being pronounced without the t in the past, please? Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Josephine When I was at school in the late 50's, one of our school houses was Cabot (with a 'T') then we had a new head who came from somewhere in Devon and it was decided that the proper way was 'Cabo' (so we all obediently followed the lofty lead we were given). I objected to being told to do something I knew was wrong (I'd been brought up on Cabot with a T) and outside of school and since it's always be Cabot with a T to this Bristolian. Since then of course I learned more about the origin of the name and realise that Cabot with a T was an anglicised (or Brisolianised) version of the original which was probably Cabotto ... with two T's and an O! I suspect Cabo had a limited period of popularity in the 50's/early 60's due to the efforts of a small number of middle class teachers to whom 'Cabo' appealed .. I imagine they disliked the way the name was uttered by their working class charges ... sumfink like 'Cabutt' wiv d' T sounded from d' backuv d' froat radder dan d' front of d' mouf wiv d' teeff .. witch was reserved fur d' tower bit. :) Cheers Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Pronunciation of Cabot in Bristol > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:21:47 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah > <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > >> In Bristol, the name Cabot is commemorated in Cabot Tower and Cabot >> Circus. > >> How do Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today, please? > >> Is it Cabot, sounding the t, or Cabo, not sounding the t? > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:59:24 -0000, Dave Napier > <dave.napier@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> With the T. > > Thanks, Dave for clarifying how Bristolians pronounce Cabot, today. > > Does anyone remember Cabot being pronounced without the t in the past, > please? > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"Giovanni Caboto" Venetian navigator & explorer -- why don't we forget those spellings/pronounciation and call him by the name he was given in Italy... That would solve it. Ciao, Edna - Ottawa