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