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"We pronounced it gool"

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City/State/Country: OH, United States
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The Fremont (OH) Weekly Journal, Jan. 14, 1870 runs the reminiscences of a regular (and florid) contributor, "Fogy," who writes that on a recent hiking trip "We spoke of the games we played [as boys]: 'ball;' 'goal' (we pronounced it 'gool' when we mentioned it..."

The date and place of this goal playing isn't specified.

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The Fremont Weekly Journal, Jan. 14, 1870

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