A whole group of us who were in the same medieval English history class in college swore a not-so-solemn oath to name our firstborn daughters Aelfgifu.
I only figured out years later that our professor had mispronounced the name, and instead of ELF-gih-foo, it should have been elf-YEE-foo.
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Date: 2005-09-29 03:14 am (UTC)I only figured out years later that our professor had mispronounced the name, and instead of ELF-gih-foo, it should have been elf-YEE-foo.