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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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