You can call me Al

Escaping early from a post-xmas party, pater took a phone message from someone who seemed to be looking for a person whose first name was Al. After eventually determining the person was looking for mater, he took a message and rang off. I asked whether the call had been local. He said it was from the physio. Amused, I pointed out that he hadn't accounted for the Coventry accent where the name of the letter L is prounouced a bit like al and more like aow, as in the last syllable of miaow. A bit unfortunate, given that he's lived here for the last 40+ years...