Growing up I used to cringe hearing my name pronounced Ter-rell. We always said it as a single syllable. It wasn't until I starting doing some research and speaking with other Terrells that I found that the English spelling, Tyrrell was, indeed, pronounced Ti-rel. I suspect that 50 years of exposure to homogenized media and midwestern flat accents may have affected much of our memory of regional American accents and pronunciations. Bruce Ti-rel ----- Original Message ----- From: [log in to unmask] Date: Sunday, January 7, 2007 9:24 am Subject: OLD PRONUNCIATIONS OF NAMES > I don't know if you folks realize it but one can subscribe for > about $50.00 > per year to the William & Mary Quarterly Online and it is downright > fun!Almost every, if not all, issue of the Quarterly is on there > and there are > some fascinating articles from the days when the Quarterly did a > lot of > genealogical work. One of the issues has an article on the old > pronunciations of Virginia names and that is like a trip down > memory lane! I > live in York County but I grew up in Warwick County which was and > shouldstill be pronounced "Warrick" but newcomers (who seem to be > everywhere now) > insist on saying, "Wor-WICK", which is an abomination to my ears. > Old timers > in Yorktown and York County pronounce "York" like "Yawk". A few > years ago I > was visiting in Yorkshire England and I was tickled to hear those > peoplepronounce the word "yawk". Another word that Yorkshire people > say the way I > remember it being pronounced when I was growing up was "chimney". > They say > "chimley" which is how I said it until I went to school and was > taught to > say it the way it is spelled. Recently I was visiting in Lynchburg > and heard > a man say "Charlottesville" like "Shaw-vul". And he wasn't even > very old! > Baby-boomer vintage. > Some of the names listed in the Quarterly comparing names with > pronunciationare: > Spelt: > ARMISTEAD pronounced UMSTEAD > BERKELEY.......................BARKLEY or BARTLETT > BERNARD.........................BARNETT > BROCKENBROUGH........BROKENBUROUGH > BLOUNT........................... BLUNT > BURWELL.........................BURRELL > BOOTH..............................BOWTHE > CALLOWHILL..................CARROLL > CHAMBERLAINE.............CHAUMBERLIN > CHISMAN.........................CHEESEMAN > CRENSHAW......................GRAINGER > DEGGE or DEGGES...........DIGGS > DREWRY............................DRUITT > ENROUGHTY.................... DARBY > FARRAR-FERRER..............FARR > FAUNTLEROY...................FANTILROY > FONTAINE,,.......................FOUNTIN > FULGHAM..........................FULLJUM > GEDDY................................GADDY > GILLIAM.............................GILLAM > GOODWIN..........................GOODIN > GOOCH...............................GOUGE > HAIRSTON..........................HARSTON > HEYWARD..........................HOWARD > HAUGHTON-HAWTHORNE........................HORTON > HARWOOD.........................HAROD > IRONMONGER...................MONGER > JAMES..................................JEEMES > LANGHORNE......................LANGON > LEIGH...................................LEE > MALLICOTE.......................MALICUT > MAURY...............................MURRY > MICHEAUX.........................MISHER > MONTFORD-MUNFORD...MUMFORD > PATRICK.............................PARTRICK > RANDOLPH.........................RANDALL > SEWELL-SEAWELL............SOWEL > TALIAFERRO......................TOLIVER > > That's a few listed. > When I send this to the List I don't know what format it will come > throughas but I did my best to line everything up clearly. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructionsat http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html