It's French, allright...literally, it translates into "The Maple". I'm no French speaker, but I have spent nearly three years in Quebec. There's lots of good maple syrup there!! I can't begin to describe in words how to pronounce it, but I've heard it many times. Dave Tyler Fort Worth, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <lorbar@fortwayne.infi.net> To: <ILFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:35 PM Subject: [ILFORD-L] Re: L'Erable / Learable > I wouldn't be surprised it that were correct, Joanne. After all, > it's French. > > Joanne/erictem wrote: > > > Yeah, we used to call it "Luh Rab". > > How is it supposed to be pronounced? Properly, that is? > > > > Joanne in CA > > Previously from Sheldon, IL > > ---------- > > > > Subject: [ILFORD-L] Re: Learable > > > > >John: > > > > > >First, the proper spelling is L'Erable in Iroquois County. > > > > > SNIP SNIP > > -- > Loretta > > Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ > > Ford County ILGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ > > Iroquois County Genealogical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/ > > > > ==== ILFORD Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************** > To search the list, go to > RootsWeb Mailing Lists -- Interactive Search > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter ILFORD in the text box requesting which mailing list > you wish to search. > >