Hi again, As far as 'correct' spellings are concerned don't forget that people might well be simply saying their name for someone else to write down so lots of variation can creep in none of which is strictly 'correct'. For example I have a Mary Ann Copeland spelt that way on her marriage cert but Coblant on her daughter's birth cert. She was of Irish-Liverpool descent so presumably people interpreted her accent/pronunciation in different ways. M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & George Jamieson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 6:59 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] HOLLIS & WALKER > The discussion on pronunciation of my HOLLIS/HALLOWS/ALLASS line has been > interesting. > > I've sent for the marriage certificate of Hannah HALLOWS and George > WALKER, > so will be interesting to see how the names are spelt on the cert. As the > marriage is the earliest record I will have for Hannah, I think I'll go > with > the way it's spelt at that time until proven wrong somehow. > > I also learnt today that Salford is pronounced SOLford - according to my > Lancashire friend out here, but originally from St Helens. She told me > HALLOWS could be pronounced very differently depending on which part of > Lancashire a person was from. She said her husband came from near Wigan > and > he pronounced some things differently to her. > > Thanks again > Chris > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email