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in reply to a message by Viatrix
I would like all those kids in the recent UK charts called Bow and Boo and such to be renamed Boudica. And while I'm at it, all the Alfies are now Gandalfs.
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Ok how do you *actually* say Boadicea/Boudica? Once on Keeping up Appearances I heard Onslow say it "boo-deh-SEE-ah" - is that right?
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Boadicea was an attempt - 19th century or earlier - to modernise, dignify and smarten up what folks saw as a clumsy, clunky name lacking in gravitas. Same kind of idea as taking Bridget and discarding it in favour of Bedelia.
Tennyson, who should have known better, wrote a pretty forgettable poem about her in which he made it five syllables long, by separating the o and the a: bo-a-di-see-a. Put a diaresis, or however you spell it, on the a.
Luckily we are now living in an age which values authenticity over respectability, at least sometimes!
Tennyson, who should have known better, wrote a pretty forgettable poem about her in which he made it five syllables long, by separating the o and the a: bo-a-di-see-a. Put a diaresis, or however you spell it, on the a.
Luckily we are now living in an age which values authenticity over respectability, at least sometimes!
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It's actually Boo-di-kuh. :)
This message was edited 9/10/2014, 8:11 PM
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