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Old 04-15-2018, 09:52 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
[...] I've never seen the word mohel spelled "moil" before. Is that the British spelling? Because I couldn't help thinking that he was trying to emphasize the implications of the band name "Oily-Moily" with that spelling, just in case we missed it. Not all that clever at that, anyway. It's clear we dodged a major one, since the band sounds dreadful.
I can't find any suggestion that "moil" has been used in place of mohel ("moil" has several senses defined in the OED but none relating to mohel). The emphasis applied in the text it may have been to indicate that his mother didn't know the right way to spell it ... maybe.

The thing with "Oily-Moily" almost got lost amid his incessant lists that I inevitably end up skimming over. Curious that "Oily Moily" has since come into use - albeit for a minister in India rather than a band.
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