From a while back… It took me forever to “realize” where the nickname probably came from. Some family members referred to my Aunt Luella as “Law.” I had known her by those names for so long that I never questioned it and never wondered where it came from. I just took as it was. Until today. I was saying the name to myself for some reason or another and it dawned on me that the originator of the “Law” name probably said “Luella” in such a way that “law” was a part of it. I never heard it pronounced that way and didn’t say it that way myself. Of course the reason I never heard anyone say “Lawella” or “Lawellaw” is because those people never said her full […]
Some people like their bad words more than others. My paternal grandmother had three four-letter words that she spelled out until well after I knew what they spelled. If you are needing a writing prompt for your family history memory journal, how “bad words” were dealt with may bring back some memories.
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