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Offline SusanBuck

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WOULDS - surname pronuciation
« 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  ???
Researching:
BUCK, BAKEWELL, SMITH, SUTTON, WELLINGTON, WOULDS
Somerset, Devon, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire

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Re: WOULDS - surname pronuciation
« Reply #1 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
Fleming (Bristol) Fowler/Brain (Battersea/Bristol)    Simpson (Fulham/Clapham)  Harrison (W.London, Fulham, Clapham)  Earl & Butler  (Dublin,New Ross: Ireland)  Humphrey (All over mainly London) Hill (Reigate, Bletchingly, Redhill: Surrey)
Sell (Herts/Essex/W. London)

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Re: WOULDS - surname pronuciation
« Reply #2 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
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