> From: Adrian Bruce via > Sent: 18 September 2014 17:32 > > <<snipped>> > Not just consonants - the vowels are quite different, even if the > spelling is the same. Peter > <<snipped>> > > Agreed - though my impression is that vowels are more susceptible to > shifts from accents (anyone caring to disagree, please do so!) In this part of the country (Durham) the vowel sounds would be the same. Best wishes Andrew -- Andrew Millard - A.R.Millard@durham.ac.uk Chair, Trustees of Genuki: www.genuki.org.uk Maintainer, Genuki Middx + London: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/ + ../LND/ Academic Co-ordinator, Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Bodimeade one-name study: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/Bodimeade/ My genealogy: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/