Hi - thanks for your input. It is true here as well in the US where one frequently hears "umid" for "humid" I wonder about Liverpool in the late 1700's? If I can make a case for this pronounciation of "Omer" for "Homer" I can identify several ancestors!! Carolyn At 04:43 AM 9/10/2009, you wrote: >Carolyn, >There is no such thing as a "British" accent :-) >My husband and I come from opposite ends of England, but both would >pronounce the "H" in Homer. >Whether or not the "H" is pronounced is very much a regional thing, and >perhaps even educational. I can remember my mother getting very cross with >my brothers when they dropped the "H" in imitation of their peers at school >in Wigan. But I think it is true to say that it might have been dropped in >parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. > >Regards, >Cecilia Bell in Essex UK > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carolyn Parker" <ca.parker@comcast.net> >To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:15 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Homer Appleton? > > >Hi Judith, I just found a "Mary" and a "Halsey" children of Omer >Appleton, all born around the same time as Esther... If you say >"Homer" with a British accent would it sound like "Omer?" I wish we >could use the 'search' feature on the Lanc -OPR site! Carolyn > >At 09:16 PM 9/8/2009, you wrote: > > > > Hello Carolyn, > > > > There is a legend in our Appleton family that a > > young girl escaped from a convent in Europe to marry an Appleton > > mariner.It isn't Johanna (Mother)as she was born in > > Liverpool.Probably isn't Ellen Vearing (Grandmother)although I > > havn't found her birth the Vearing families are mostly from Poulton > > Le Flyde near Liverpool.Perhaps it was Homer's wife??Then again > > some legends are just not true.The Appleton families were generally > > connected to the sea,mariners & ship builders.I found a baptism for > > William Appleton (?4 x g grandfather)1766 @ St Peters,father > > Homer.Still searching,Judith > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get Hotmail on your iPhone Find out how here > >http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=845706 > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > >Admin Message - List guidelines: > >http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > > >The list admin can be contacted at > >Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > >Admin Message - List guidelines: >http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > >The list admin can be contacted at >Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > >Admin Message - List guidelines: >http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > >The list admin can be contacted at >Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message