In my Hampshire primary school I learned about John and Sebastian Cabot (with T) Here in France, close tothe West coast, where many people went to settle Quebec, when mentioned - and yes, it happens! you hear Cabo' - which you would expect. Realize - and recognize - I believe are generally accepted as the US spellings, and slip in with computer influence and usage. Jean ---------------------------------------- > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:30:13 +0000 > Subject: Re: [B&S] Pronunciation of Cabot in Bristol > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:48:14 -0000, Polly Rubery > wrote: > > > I have never heard it pronounced with the "T" - it was always Cabo' when > > I was growing up and going to school in Bristol. > > Thanks for this, Polly, because it was exactly what I thought! > > But then I did go to the same primary school as you:-) > > What brought about my query was that I was in Wales yesterday discussing > shopping in Bristol. I said that I had never been to the Galleries in > Bristol and relatives told me about the new shopping centre at Cabot > Circus, which they had visited. The word Cabo' tripped off my tongue, but > they said it was called Cabot with a t. So I began to wonder. Like you, > I'd always pronounced Cabot without the t. > > I realize though, that spelling and pronunciation does change over the > years. (Even the spelling of realize, which I have just used.) > > 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

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:45:52 -0000, Jean Wood <jeangrahame@live.fr> wrote: > Realize - and recognize - I believe are generally accepted as the US > spellings, and slip in with computer influence and usage. Hi Jean, Many years ago, before computers, I went to school in South Gloucestershire where I was taught to use a z with words ending in ize. Having learned cursive handwriting, I used to enjoy writing a z with a loop under the line:-) In 1967, I bought a copy of Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language (First edition 1863, New Edition 1951, Reprinted 1964) from George's book shop in Park Street, Bristol. This has realize and recognize with a z but not realise and recognise with an s. Much later, when I became a writer, the house style of one of my publishers stipulated recognise instead of recognize and also connection instead of connexion. I had been taught that connexion was the proper spelling. I see that my Nuttall's Dictionary has six and a half lines on the meaning of connexion, but only one word on the meaning of connection and that is the word connexion. But, of course, things change and I suppose if I wrote connexion with an x, now, people would think I couldn't spell. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

In my Hampshire primary school I learned about John and Sebastian Cabot (with T) > > Here in France, close tothe West coast, where many people went to settle Quebec, when mentioned - and yes, it happens! you hear Cabo' - which you would expect. > > Realize - and recognize - I believe are generally accepted as the US spellings, and slip in with computer influence and usage. > > > Jean > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:30:13 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [B&S] Pronunciation of Cabot in Bristol > > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:48:14 -0000, Polly Rubery > > wrote: > > > > > I have never heard it pronounced with the "T" - it was always Cabo' when > > > I was growing up and going to school in Bristol. > > > > Thanks for this, Polly, because it was exactly what I thought! > > > > But then I did go to the same primary school as you:-) > > > > What brought about my query was that I was in Wales yesterday discussing > > shopping in Bristol. I said that I had never been to the Galleries in > > Bristol and relatives told me about the new shopping centre at Cabot > > Circus, which they had visited. The word Cabo' tripped off my tongue, but > > they said it was called Cabot with a t. So I began to wonder. Like you, > > I'd always pronounced Cabot without the t. > > > > I realize though, that spelling and pronunciation does change over the > > years. (Even the spelling of realize, which I have just used.) > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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