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How are you pronouncing Etheldreda? I visited a St Etheldreda's (where Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon celebrated their wedding) last year, and have no idea. Is it eh-thel-DREE-da? Eh-THEL-dre-da?
Either way, it works well with Joan. So does Augusta.
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
Either way, it works well with Joan. So does Augusta.
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
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Etheldreda
Neat! How was it?
I fell for the name when I read a book about all of Henry's children, the illegitimate ones as well as the legits. He had a daughter Etheldreda, which must have sounded old fashioned even then. ;0) In the book it says that she was named after that very saint whose church / chapel you visited. How tacky for him to have named her after a place where he married / celebrated his marriage to Catherine, right?. But that was his style, I guess. Anyway, she did get a very cool name.
I have no idea how to pronounce Etheldreda. Just going off of my very, very limited understanding of early English, I'm saying "eth-el-DRAY-duh." I'm also guessing it turned into "AH-dray" and then more modern "AH-dree."
But if anyone has better informaiton I'm very pleased to learn more about the name. Early English pronunciation is fascinating -- the Great Vowel Shirft and all . . . .
Neat! How was it?
I fell for the name when I read a book about all of Henry's children, the illegitimate ones as well as the legits. He had a daughter Etheldreda, which must have sounded old fashioned even then. ;0) In the book it says that she was named after that very saint whose church / chapel you visited. How tacky for him to have named her after a place where he married / celebrated his marriage to Catherine, right?. But that was his style, I guess. Anyway, she did get a very cool name.
I have no idea how to pronounce Etheldreda. Just going off of my very, very limited understanding of early English, I'm saying "eth-el-DRAY-duh." I'm also guessing it turned into "AH-dray" and then more modern "AH-dree."
But if anyone has better informaiton I'm very pleased to learn more about the name. Early English pronunciation is fascinating -- the Great Vowel Shirft and all . . . .
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