Is it "Jail" or "Gaol" in England? - Democratic Underground

MrScorpio

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Thu Apr-07-05 11:56 PM
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Is it "Jail" or "Gaol" in England?

Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 11:56 PM by MrScorpio

Or is that just Irish specific?

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Spider Jerusalem

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Thu Apr-07-05 11:57 PM
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1. "Gaol" in the UK in general...

still pronounced the same, though.

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Gemini Cat

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Thu Apr-07-05 11:59 PM
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2. That's how I spell it when I'm in the UK.

No one has corrected me...

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Liberal In Texas

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Fri Apr-08-05 12:06 AM
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3. MrScorpio...

As I understand it, it was as spelling and pronunciation that arrived over the ocean with the colonists.

In Colonial Williamsburgh it was callled a gaol. It's probably an old English word, probably not Irish.

Just my 2 cents, and not more than I can remember at this time in the morning....

-L

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MrScorpio

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Fri Apr-08-05 12:08 AM
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4. Funny you should mention that

I live twenty minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, as the crow flies

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Liberal In Texas

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Fri Apr-08-05 12:28 AM
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5. Cool.

Wish I was so close.

It's kitch but still fun.

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silverpatronus

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Fri Apr-08-05 08:24 AM
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7. i love colonial williamsburg

been there twice and would love to go again this summer. i go to school in DC so it's only about a 3 hour drive.

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Hardrada

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Fri Apr-08-05 01:06 AM
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6. The Tower!!

The dungeon!

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terrya

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Fri Apr-08-05 08:30 AM
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8. Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol...

presumably the use of the word gaol for "jail" hasn't changed since then.

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tjwmason

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Fri Apr-08-05 08:36 AM
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9. For some gaol is a tad archaic

Also prison is used far more than gaol (or jail).

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gollygee

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Fri Apr-08-05 08:42 AM
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10. My Aussie husband spells it gaol

he also spells tire "tyre"

and he calls a wrench a "spanner"

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tjwmason

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Fri Apr-08-05 08:49 AM
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11. I spell tire 'tire' and tyre 'tyre'

They're completely different words after all.

Spanner and gaol here as well.

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