Niagara Falls = "Niffles"
Charles Doyle
cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Thu Dec 21 19:29:10 UTC 2006
So it is with Taliaferro County in Georgia. To confuse matters further, Georgia also has a Telfair County.
--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:13:23 -0800
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: Niagara Falls = "Niffles"
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>The Taliaferros of Virginia allegedly pronounce it "Tolliver."
>
> JL
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