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[owl]

Are any of the names on the Colquhoun/Colhoun/Calhoun/Calhoon/Cahoon variation not pronounced 'Ca-hoon'?

Also, is speak-as-you-spell sending Dee-yell the way of Mackenzie? Though in a small sample size I have noticed that Dalziel seems to be the original pronunciation more often than Dalzell.

What other disconnects between spelling and speaking are there around?

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[carrole.livejournal.com]

In my particular area of the US, cot and caught are pronounced the same. There's a lot of this kind of linguistic variation in Eastern Kentucky, dealing with o and the au dipthong. Pin and pen are the same as well.