PALL MALL
Pall Mall was a game introduced from France into England in the reign of Charles 1. Its French name was paille-maillet. In England it appears to have been pronounced Pell Mell from the beginning. Pepys wrote it with an “e”: “To St. James’s Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pele Mele, the first time that ever I did see the sport.” This pronunciation was considered “vulgar,” but afterwards became classic. The pronunciation Pall Mall is a reversion to the spelling, and has been gaining favour for some time, though | the New English Dictionary gives Pei i Mel.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 11
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103PALL MALL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 11
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