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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Gaudete Sunday #13082 12/18/2000 7:08 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Gaudy As a mystery fan, one of my favorites is D.L. Sayers Gaudy Night which takes place at Oxford and features a gaudy; i.e., a celebration. I have long wondered how the word is pronounced. Does it indeed rhyme with bawdy or with howdy or neither? Surely we have a Brit expert to enlighten us. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Gamer Father Steve 12/16/2000 8:57 PM Re: Gamer belMarduk 12/16/2000 11:56 PM Re: Gamer Father Steve 12/17/2000 12:04 AM Re: Gamer/Neouseism Capital Kiwi 12/17/2000 12:28 AM Re: Gamer/Neouseism belMarduk 12/17/2000 12:36 AM Repentence Father Steve 12/17/2000 12:42 AM Re: Repentence belMarduk 12/17/2000 1:17 AM Re: Repentence Father Steve 12/17/2000 1:22 AM Re: Repentance belMarduk 12/17/2000 1:35 AM Monsters Father Steve 12/17/2000 4:41 AM Re: Monsters Capital Kiwi 12/17/2000 4:54 AM Re: Monsters Bingley 12/17/2000 12:32 PM Gaudete Sunday Father Steve 12/18/2000 2:40 AM Re: Gaudete Sunday TEd Remington 12/18/2000 3:01 PM Psalm Language Father Steve 12/18/2000 5:01 PM Re: Psalm Language Capital Kiwi 12/18/2000 5:33 PM Re: Psalm Language Bobyoungbalt 12/18/2000 7:11 PM What Jesus Spoke Father Steve 12/18/2000 7:54 PM Re: What Jesus Spoke Capital Kiwi 12/18/2000 8:21 PM Re: What Jesus Spoke Father Steve 12/18/2000 11:45 PM Re: What Jesus Spoke Bingley 12/19/2000 5:27 AM We are SO fortunate! Father Steve 12/19/2000 5:38 AM Re: We are SO fortunate! Bingley 12/19/2000 6:43 AM Re: We are SO fortunate! Jackie 12/19/2000 12:37 PM Re: What Jesus Spoke Bobyoungbalt 12/19/2000 3:31 PM Re: What Jesus Spoke maverick 12/19/2000 5:03 PM Re: Gaudete Sunday Bobyoungbalt 12/18/2000 7:08 PM Re: Gaudete Sunday Bingley 12/19/2000 5:14 AM Re: Gaudete Sunday TEd Remington 12/19/2000 5:42 PM Re: Gamer Jackie 12/18/2000 5:15 PM "Dead" Father Steve 12/19/2000 12:32 AM Re: Gamer Bobyoungbalt 12/18/2000 7:15 PM Re: Gamer Father Steve 12/18/2000 7:28 PM U of Michigan ed standards TEd Remington 12/19/2000 1:21 PM Re: U of Michigan ed standards Father Steve 12/19/2000 5:10 PM Re: U of Michigan ed standards TEd Remington 12/19/2000 5:17 PM Re: U of Michigan ed standards Jazzoctopus 12/20/2000 9:58 PM Re: Gamer tsuwm 12/18/2000 7:31 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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