Would you judge someone by their name?

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There are some brilliant names,

Bedwyr
Essyllt
Lowri
Alwyn
Huwcyn
Bronwyn

To name but a few.

I wonder what the 'w' and the 'y' in the names stand for. It seems that the 'w' depicts a 'v' in some cases, while the 'y' is obviously an 'i'.

Reply 81

DErasmus

Original post by Kallisto

I wonder what the 'w' and the 'y' in the names stand for. It seems that the 'w' depicts a 'v' in some cases, while the 'y' is obviously an 'i'.

the y stands for yunotspellmyname

it was a cunning trick used by the Welsh to dominate political opponents as they could never address them directly

Reply 82

DiddyDec01

Original post by Kallisto

I wonder what the 'w' and the 'y' in the names stand for. It seems that the 'w' depicts a 'v' in some cases, while the 'y' is obviously an 'i'.

Well Wales has its own language which is like no other I have ever heard.

Reply 83

nulli tertius

Original post by Kallisto

I wonder what the 'w' and the 'y' in the names stand for. It seems that the 'w' depicts a 'v' in some cases, while the 'y' is obviously an 'i'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_orthography

Welsh has no "x" and it is virtually the only country that uses the Latin alphabet that doesn't have the word "taxi". Welsh has "tacsi"

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Reply 84

Joinedup

Original post by nulli tertius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_orthography

Welsh has no "x" and it is virtually the only country that uses the Latin alphabet that doesn't have the word "taxi". Welsh has "tacsi"