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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've recently read about this derivation, too - in
a 1974 book by Louis-Jean Calvet in which he writes about the role of language
in colonialism.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He mentions there that <EM>welsh</EM> is derived
from an Old English word that meant "foreigner" (while, interestingly but sadly,
the "Welsh" had called themselves <EM>cymry</EM> before that, meaning "native"
or "indigenous").</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia Puehrer </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vienna, Austria</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rkephart@unf.edu href="mailto:rkephart@unf.edu">Kephart, Ronald</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 23, 2005 2:26
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Derivation of "Wales"</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> I doubt Ron's derivation of
Wales. I understand it comes from Galicia of which there
was one in old Anatolia, hardly a place where Old English was
spoken.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR> Christina Paulston</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Christina, I could be wrong. I'm going by my American Heritage Dictionary
of the English Language, New College Edition (1980), which gives the etymology
as:</DIV>
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<DIV>Middle English<I> Wales,</I> Old English<I> Wealas</I>, [...] plural
of<I> wealh,</I> foreigner, Roman, Celt, Welshman.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron</DIV>
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