My grandfather pronounced it Ma her, the Ma sounds like the ma in the word map. But most people can't say that and so they call it Mayer. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: <AninAz@aol.com> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:18 PM Subject: [LAOIS] Re: IRL-LAOIS-D Digest V03 #4