Re: Blowing a hooley

From: Trond Engen <trondnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:17:08 +0100

Prai Jei skreiv:

In some dialects the word "whole" is pronounced to rhyme with "fool". So
perhaps when the wind blows a hooley you don't get a steady gale, you get
the "whole" of the wind at once.

And maybe 'a' is a prefix. "Blowing a-wholly".

--
Trond Engen
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