[Coastal] Gatesedge Doomsday

Carolyn Young mrbill at neosoft.com
Wed Jan 30 17:41:02 PST 2002


Spelling was a matter of personal preference until Webster's time (1700s)
and handwriting was just as atrocious.  It was pronounced Doomsday by
English speaking peoples.  However, if the first one was commissioned by
William the Bastard.... uh,  I mean the Conqueror, 'dome' might be
pronounced 'doom' in French.

Cheers,
Caitlin
----- Original Message -----
From: <Baronman at aol.com>
To: <coastal at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Coastal] Gatesedge Doomsday


> In a message dated 1/30/2002 5:14:55 PM Central Standard Time,
> KWilson at NiSource.com writes:
>
> << Based on the "Domesday" book, which chronicled the dead during the Dark
>  Ages. >>
> As I remember my college history class- I believe that the first Domesday
> book was commissioned by William the Bastard in 1067, so as to document
all
> the wealth he stole, uhh owned in England after his arrival.  Can't
remember
> why it was called the Domesday Booke for the life of me.
>
> Bors
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