Re: Name mangling (Was: Re: First Sound Recording of Asha'ille!)

Christian Thalmann wrote:

> Benct Philip Jonsson: Traditionally Beondicte [bEn'diCt],
>     presuming the name is derived from Benedict.
It is.  My pet theory is that it is derived from a medieval
abbreviated spelling rather than an actual contraction in
speech, since in the facsimile where I picked up my odd
spelling it was actually spelled _beñct_, with an abreviation
stroke over |enc|.  It may of course have been the scribe's
way of showing off that he knew the Latin form.  BTW the
name also occurs as _Bæncter_ complete with an Old Swedish
nominative ending.  Let's all be glad that I didn't adopt
that spelling when I was 22!


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