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Title: WOULDS - surname pronuciation
Post by: SusanBuck on Sunday 08 September 13 23:23 BST (UK)

If your surname was written as WOULDS, and you lived in the Lincolnshire and West Yorkshire area in the 1800s, would your surname be pronounced WOLDS, WOOLDS or WOODS ?

Any suggestions  ???

Title: Re: WOULDS - surname pronuciation
Post by: Plummiegirl on Tuesday 10 September 13 14:52 BST (UK)

Most people would say

woods

but you never know how it would be pronounced locally

ie  Mousehole - locals call it Mousell, they know when tourists are around as they pronounce it Mouse Hole.

As you know here in UK we have some very peculiar spelling/pronunciations.  Cholmondsley - Chumley.  And some are even more peculiar, which I am sure will pop up in the replies...
 ;) ;D

Title: Re: WOULDS - surname pronuciation
Post by: mazi on Tuesday 10 September 13 15:04 BST (UK)

I see what you mean  ;D ;D ;D there are quite a few ,nearly all in Lincolnshire.

personally I would put the straightforward   Woods at the lower end and think of variations of   Wolds as the more likely

mike