keith_w wrote: > Jean Lopuch wrote: [...] >> I live in the USA and pronounce WHALLEY as Wally. Some people pronounce it >> as Whale-ey which drove me crazy when I was a young person. >> >> Regards, Jean Whalley Lopuch > You worry about how "Whaley" is pronounced, when your last name is > Lopuch? <g> > > My family has been here, presumably since the late-to-middle-1600's. > They still pronounce their name as WHALE-y. Always have. > > Keith Whaley Not quite right... the distinction is small, but significant. WHAY-lee is more correct. keith