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Originally Posted by gmw
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.
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I'm not buying it, since his mother would have been saying it, not writing it. (I know you're just trying, here.) I think it's Fry making sure we didn't miss the point of the band's name, alas. Nothing like treating your readers like dopes.