Pronunciation
In Danish, "Juhl" is pronounced 'yool' or 'yooh'.
In American-English, "Juhl" is pronounced the same as the English word 'jewel' or Jool.
After coming to America, most Danes bearing the Juhl name changed the pronunciation to avoid confusion. ('J' is a different sound in Continental-Germanic languages than it is in English). Some Danish-Americans with the Juhl surname, and especially with the Juul surname, changed the spelling (Danish "Juhl" or "Juul"-->English "Yule") in order to keep the pronunciation. (See Juhl in the USA, note the lower relative number of Juuls in the USA but high number of Yules).
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