I laughed at the pronouciation protocol. When I was growing up the old ones
declared new arrivals from Ireland pronounced it CAH-HEEL and got disgusted at
the Americanization pronounciation CAY-HILL. LOL Heck we are all still just
a clan of very stubborn, charming, fierce-in-battle folks. here is a
thought...could there be different pronounciations in different parts of Ireland? In
America we have many distinct dialects or drawls...Southern, Texan,
Californian, Down East---Maine, New England, Virginian...I can even distinguish between
West Virginia/Kentucky and Georgia/Alabama &Tennessee. just a thought......
claudia
Hello Claudia:
For what it is worth...
My grandmother, Maude Delaney Cahill, said that here father-in-law, John
Cahill, told her that it was originally OH-CAH-HILL. But in Brooklyn no one
ever talked right anyway.
Take Care
John O'Connor
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Subject: Re: [CAHILL] Re: Cahill's in New Jersey
I laughed at the pronouciation protocol. When I was growing up the old ones
declared new arrivals from Ireland pronounced it CAH-HEEL and got disgusted
at
the Americanization pronounciation CAY-HILL. LOL Heck we are all still just
a clan of very stubborn, charming, fierce-in-battle folks. here is a
thought...could there be different pronounciations in different parts of
Ireland? In
America we have many distinct dialects or drawls...Southern, Texan,
Californian, Down East---Maine, New England, Virginian...I can even
distinguish between
West Virginia/Kentucky and Georgia/Alabama &Tennessee. just a thought......
claudia