Could it have anything to do with where they migrated from to begin with? Like mine were from TN; VA; KY, so maybe southern way of saying Muh goop un? Passed down through the generations? Mary Ann At 05:08 PM 12/16/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Folks, > When I've been in Carlinville at the Macoupin Co. Courthouse doing >research, the employees there have pronounced it "Muh coop un". Interesting >though that there is a variation in the pronunciation in different parts of >the county. I wonder what the root of that variation was? > >Happy Holidays to All of My Fellow Macoupin Researchers, >Jill Adami > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Difference between ILMACOUP-L and ILMACOUP-D: > ILMACOUP-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to > ILMACOUP as a separate email. > ILMACOUP-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a > single large message.