> I have recently returned to Australia after a research trip to Wales and I > have a query about bilingual place names. My name, Rhydwen, was the name > of my great grandfather. He changed by deed poll from Parry to Rhydwen > which was the Welsh name for the village, Whitford, where he lived. Due to > changes in the A55 since my last visit, I found myself driving past road > signs pointing to Whitford, but, it had become, in Welsh, Chwitffordd. > How? Who decided? What does it mean? Surely it is is just a > transliteration of Whitford rather than a translation? I was very > disappointed to find that the village I was named after no longer > existed..... I am also curious about how this happened. Can anyone tell > me? Aren't there lots of examples of this sort of thing? -- Yr Alban > Sgotland, Caerodor > Briste, Isalmaen > Holand, Llynlleifiad > Lerpwl, Caerludd > Llundain ... ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************