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In Which We Get Graphic Proof That Donald Trump Hates and Fears Dogs

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Blind Frog Belly White11/25/2019 4:09:58 pm PST

re: #250 Blind Frog Belly White

Boadicea = Boudica = Boudicca, apparently.

Apparently, in classic Latin, there’s no soft ‘c’, so it would be “Bo-a-di-kee-a”, not “Bo-a-di-see-a”

There’s a passage in “Goodbye Mr. Chips”, where Chips objects to the “modern” (i.e. older) pronunciations - “‘Vicissim’ sounds like ‘We kiss him!’”