Re: List of Surnames (Was: Re: Moi, le Kou (was: verbs = nouns?))

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:

> > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >
> > > En réponse à Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>:
> > >
> > > Gwladys /gla'dis/
> >
> > (Gladys?)
>
> I know, French writing is like it is :) .
>
> Christophe.
>
> Actually...... Gwladys follows the welsh orthography much better. The initial Gw- before a
> consonent indicates a slightly "deeper" /g/ sound.... sort of in your
> throat....or at least that's how i've always it.
>
> Elliott
<wry g>  Yeah--when I saw that "w" I thought, "Welsh?" but I couldn't
figure why a Welsh name would be on the list.  :-p  OTOH, Americans steal
names from all over, so why not?  :-)

YHL