tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6045112676721092879..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): GwladysMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19885661218925560712009-03-23T13:55:00.000-05:002009-03-23T13:55:00.000-05:00The most famous Welsh saint?, well, Cadoc the Wise...The most famous Welsh saint?, well, Cadoc the Wise would rate somewhat below Saint David, patron saint of Wales, but even Saint David must step aside as Wales' most famous saint, for the one whose saint's day is celebrated worldwide by people who would not be able to point at Wales on a map of the world. <BR/>The most famous welsh saint is of course, Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.<BR/><BR/>I've never, so far as I know, met a Gwladys, though my mother is welsh through and through. I'll have to ask her about Gwladyses, maybe I have a distant cousin Gwladys somewhere. <BR/>Thinking of the Roman Gladys/Claudius connection led me to ponder the roman short-sword, the Gladius, as used by Gladiators, and legionaries. I wonder if some Gladyses were sharp and pointy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27872805477902683612009-03-23T00:17:00.000-05:002009-03-23T00:17:00.000-05:00P. G. Wodehouse makes fun of it in his Jeeves and ...P. G. Wodehouse makes fun of it in his Jeeves and Wooster books. The televised version of J&W also has a Gwladys in it (Season 4, set in New York)<BR/><BR/>Jeeves: Ladies who spell Gwladys with a W are seldom noted for their reliability. It gives them romantic notions.<BR/><BR/>Wooster: With a W, Jeeves? No, no. You spell it with a G.<BR/><BR/>J: If I might draw your attention<BR/>to the signature, sir.<BR/><BR/>W: Good Lord! G-W?<BR/><BR/>J: I blame Alfred Lord Tennyson and his Idylls Of The Kings. It also accounts for Kathryn, Isybel and Ethyl all spelt with a Y. But Gwladys is a particularly virulent form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com