In out house we called it RUBE-Lee I had a 1st cousin who had the name as a first name. Then we "found" the "original" French name it was pronounced in our house Ra-PAL-Gee or RAP-a-Lee Bergetta On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:37 AM, PMaeveReed@aol.com wrote: > When I was growing up, it was confusing to me that there were > people who > pronounced their name > Rowe- Blee. > My grandmother said there was a family connection with them but she > always > pronounced the family name > Robb - Blee.

-----Original Message----- From: roblee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:roblee-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Bergetta Monroe Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:07 PM To: roblee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROBLEE] Worth Mentioning Again? Rablee, Roblee? In out house we called it RUBE-Lee I had a 1st cousin who had the name as a first name. Then we "found" the "original" French name it was pronounced in our house Ra-PAL-Gee or RAP-a-Lee Bergetta On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:37 AM, PMaeveReed@aol.com wrote: > When I was growing up, it was confusing to me that there were > people who > pronounced their name > Rowe- Blee. > My grandmother said there was a family connection with them but she > always > pronounced the family name > Robb - Blee. For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at ROBLEE-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROBLEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's because you are desc. from the VT branch, with the spelling Rublee. I once asked a Dutch person how Rapalje would be pronouced. He said Rap - al - yea, with about equal emphasis on the syllables. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: roblee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:roblee-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Bergetta Monroe Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:07 PM To: roblee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROBLEE] Worth Mentioning Again? Rablee, Roblee? In out house we called it RUBE-Lee I had a 1st cousin who had the name as a first name. Then we "found" the "original" French name it was pronounced in our house Ra-PAL-Gee or RAP-a-Lee Bergetta of the message