ext_106221 ([identity profile] tnatj.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] avevale_intelligencer 2005-07-22 02:21 pm (UTC)

Re: Thole is a possibility I guess

I can see that there could be a reasonable dialectical vowel shift:

thole --> thoyle

isn't too distant, particularly if the OE is indeed tholian. I can easily see the i being swapped or replicated to the left of the l. And what did the Great Vowel Shift do to thole?
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