Liddell (was: Pronouncing drug names (w. note for Wilson))

[Tom Zurinskas]

Regarding "ell" endings for people's names:

The truespel database of 62k words contains                     	
half the last names, 90% of the men's first names                       	
and 80% of the women's first names of USA folk.                 	
There are 37 ending in "ell."  Of these 6 have                  	
stress on the last syllable.                    	
See http://inogolo.com for another pronunciation.                       	
(There are a few differences besides notation.)                 	
                        	
cnt     tradspel        inogolo truespel        stess
1       Blackwell       blak-wull       ~Blakwel	
2       Boswell BAWS-well       ~Baazwel	
3       Caldwell        KALD-well       ~Kauldwel	
4       Campbell        KAM-bull        ~Kambool	
5       Cantrell        kan-TRELL       ~Kantrrel       last
6       Chappell        CHA-pull        ~Chapool	
7       Cordell not found       ~Korddel	
8       Cornell kor-NELL        ~Kornnel        last
9       Crowell KROU-ull        ~Kraawool	
10      Darell  not found       ~Dairool	
11      Darnell DAR-nell        ~Daarnnel	
12      Darrell DAIR-rull       ~Dairool	
13      Farrell FAIR-ull        ~Fairool	
14      Ferrell FAIR-ull        ~Fairool	
15      Harrell HAIR-ell        ~Hairool	
16      Howell  HOU-ull ~Houwool	
17      Jewell  jool    ~Juel	
18      Lovell  LUV-ull ~Luvool	
19      Lowell  not found       ~Loel	
20      Maxwell MAX-well        ~Makswel	
21      McConnell       mih-KAH-null    ~Mikkaanool	
22      McDowell        mik-DOU-ull     ~Mikddaawool	
23      Nell    nell    ~Nel	
24      Newell  NOO-wull        ~Nuewool	
25      O'Connell       o-KAH-null      ~Oekkaanool	
26      O'dell  O-dell  ~Oeddel last
27      O'Donnell       o-DAH-null      ~Oeddaanool	
28      Powell  POU-ull ~Paawool	
29      Purcell pur-SELL        ~Perssel        last
30      Randell not found       ~Randool	
31      Russell RUSS-ull        ~Rusool	
32      Sewell  SOO-wull        ~Suewool	
33      Snell   snell   ~Snel	
34      Terrell TAIR-ull        ~Terrel last
35      Tidwell TID-well        ~Tidwl	
36      Tyrell  not found       ~Tierrel        last
37      Wendell WEN-dull        ~Wendool	

Mr. Yoder says:
This is not an academic website or a tool for linguists                         	
and onomasticians. It's a practical tool for the average                        	
person.  The inogolo website is the part-time project of                        	
Stuart Yoder  who lives and works in the Austin, Texas                  	
area, and enjoys orthoepy as a hobby.                   	

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com. 



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> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:39:50 -0500
> From: jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
> Subject: Re: Liddell (was: Pronouncing drug names (w. note for Wilson))
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster:       James Harbeck <jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA>
> Subject:      Re: Liddell (was: Pronouncing drug names (w. note for Wilson))
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> My understanding has long been that in English names ending in -ell,
> the -ell is originally unstressed, and where it has gained stress it
> has done so because the current rules would normally have it that
> way. I assume, when seeing names such as Twitchell, Winchell,
> Liddell, Meynell (the last name of a professor of mine in undergrad
> -- pronounced ['mEn at l], not, as some said it, [maI'nEl]), Tyrrell (a
> paleontological musem in Alberta -- ['tIr at l], not [taI'rEl]) etc.,
> that the stress is on the first syllable until I find that it has
> shifted.
> 
> Are there any onomastics experts here who can discourse on the origin
> of the -ell suffix?
> 
> James Harbeck.
> 
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