Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

Re Elvis. Both his names are Welsh! "Elfis" is a native Welsh first name,
and "Presley" is surely an English version of "Preseli" (now spelt
Prescelly) a small group of mountains in Pembrokeshire which is, apparently,
where the stones for Stonehenge came from. Okay - I know there are probably
other placenames that could produce the same result "Priestley" for example,
but its tempting to think of him being called "Y brenin"!
Mike
>>>It's interesting how we can see things differently.  I always thought
>>>Elvis was a Greek noun with the plural Elvides.
>
> That's almost more fun than the Latin.....Is (Class.Gk)
> epsilon-lambda-beta-iota-sigma a possible Gk. word (I'm thinking of
> that -lb- cluster) > modern Gk ['Elvis].  Could it be spelled
> eps-l-_upsilon_-is in modern?? I suspect not, IIRC upsilon is pronounced
> as [v] only between vowels.
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