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   From: goddai01@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 29/09/17 15:16, Molly Gilliver wrote:   
   > In message , Ian Goddard   
   >  writes   
   >> On 29/09/17 10:56, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >>> I had always naively assumed that this word had to do with clothing   
   >>> (tailoring, if you like) rather than cloth, and was pronounced with a   
   >>> long o, as in holier or hosiery. From this discussion, it's clear I've   
   >>> been wrong about what it involved; I'm curious about the pronunciation -   
   >>> was it more like cloth ear?   
   >>   
   >> Your initial assumption is correct.   
   >   
   > But the remainder of the (very interesting) posting to which I was   
   > replying _did_ seem to suggest that the clothiers it was telling us all   
   > about were involved with the manufacture and trade of cloth, rather than   
   > clothes.   
      
   Sorry, I meant the initial assumption about pronunciation.   
      
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