"effeminate speech", 1801

[John McChesney-Young]

I quoted:

>>"Baden-Powell said that the name should be pronounced to rhyme with
>>'maiden and noel'." (p. 18, n. 3) Unfortunately no source is cited.

and A. Murie asked the very reasonable question:

>Noel as in Noel Coward or as in The first Noel (with diaeresis on the e)?

I'm sorry, yes, Gardner included a diaeresis over the e.

John

--
*******

*** John McChesney-Young  **  panis at pacbell.net  **   Berkeley,
California, U.S.A.  ***