I'm a Cahill from Missouri, ancestors from KY and VA, from there,
who knows! I've relatives that say "Cuh Hill". (the cuh being like
duh) My 4th gr grandfather was a John Cahill. Believed to be born
in VA around 1770. He married Eleanor Butss in Culpeper, VA 1795 and
died in KY in 1812. IF anyone has connections like this, please
email. He is where I'm stuck!
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
-----Original Message-----
From: ClanGeah(a)aol.com [mailto:ClanGeah@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:37 AM
To: CAHILL-L(a)rootsweb.com
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
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