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#121577 02/25/04 12:59 PM
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http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13974630
_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Canadian-ad--campaign-
credits-Eglwyswrw-with-a-place-on--the-fiscal-map-name_page.html


I don’t know how many of you have heard about this, but as you may imagine the VISA adverts featuring the village name have been given a lot of attention in Wales (even though that wasn’t exactly the target market!)

While Eglwys refers to a church, it was traditionally thought that the wrw referred to Gods's acre or a St Wrw.
Recent opinion, however, tends to favour the view that the wrw is an abbreviation and corruption over the years of Gwrwyf the virgin…..




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Your link gave me an error message, mav. I would love to see it.


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post-office shop Oh, WOW: I've BEEN there!!! [eager puppy face e]


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I love the recurrence of some of these threads!
I don't know much about the Welsh language, but must tell those interested that it is said my husband's ancestors would have spelled 'Woosley' differently if they had known
that the English 'Woolsey's were already here and would later accuse them of misspelling!
Actually, in parts of the US till today, Woosley sounds like
'Oosley', and I have been told that old records in Virginia
and possibly North Carolina actually spell the name 'Ousley'
or maybe 'Oeusley'.
Not much like grW, but still--




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So what's it mean, "Church of the twisted tongue"?


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