I grew up in Bristol and it was always Cabot - my son in law is a "Newfie" and checking with him I find that Newfoundlanders also call him Cabot with the T. They too have a Cabot Tower. Maureen, in frigid Ontario. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:47 AM > > Hi Mike, > > When I was young, Cabot Tower was prominent on our trips to Bristol and my > Mum always pronounced the name Cabo'. > > Many years later, I discovered that she had learnt about the Cabot family > during her schooldays in Bristol, in the 1920s, and I guess that her > teacher had used the pronunciation Cabo', then. > >