"mashmallow", the confection

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> City Gazette and Daily Advertiser [_Charleston, S.C._], 1802 Dec. 30,
> page 1. Â Advertisement.
>
> "Magazine of the Lombards. Â Mr Hennequin Olman, Confectioner &
> Distiller ... [has] a variety of the most delicious Pastils and
> Sweet-Meats ... introduced into this city by himself, from Jamaica
> and Cape-Francois ... / Paste of Gouiave, from the Havanna / Do. do.
> of Marsh-_mellow_ / Marmalade of Apples ..."

Noting the place of publication and adding the simplifying assumption
that "marsh-mellow" was pronounced ['ma:S,mEl@], it's the same
pronunciation that I grew up using 140 years later, in Texas.

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-Wilson
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