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The Mail on Sunday Prize Crossword 1558 Sunday September 16th 2012

HAMMEROFTHOR | 14:40 Sun 16th Sep 2012 | Crosswords

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Afternoon all.... need some advice about spelling for 27d... the answer is obviously boadicea, but which spelling? There are two ways of spelling this name I know of;-BOADICEA and BOUDICCA..... and I've got BO-D-C-A so the letters that make the difference are all dead letters... which spelling is correct? anyone got any ideas?

Saturday Times Prize Crossword 998 Saturday September 15th 2012

sunday telegraph general knowledge

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Lie-in King

IMO, either should be acceptable

HAMMEROFTHOR

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Ok Thankyou Lie-in King

HowardKennitby

Chambers Biog. Dict. gives it as "BOUDICCA - incorrectly called BOADICEA"

Baldric

I went with BOUDICCA after a bit of checking

Lie-in King

My Chambers Biog. Dict. gives "...also known as..."

It depends where you look & how recent the entry - I can't see the checkers discounting either form.

HowardKennitby

My Chambers is the Updated Centenary edition of 1997.

Lie-in King

Howard - my apologies, I have a Cambridge Dict. - doh!

Oxford Dict. of National Biog. (online) gives -

"Boudicca [Boadicea] (d. AD 60/61), queen of the Iceni, popularly known as Boadicea since the eighteenth century as a result of misreading manuscripts of the works of the Roman historian Tacitus..."

Also - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Boudicca - etc...

I don't think this one is worth much more attention from us, but have emailed the Puzzles Ed to see what he says... :-)

Lie-in King

From the Puzzles Ed -

"...I'll make sure that the checkers know to accept both alternatives..."

HTH

HAMMEROFTHOR

Question Author

Well, thanks for all your answers, and thanks Lie-In King for contacting the puzzles editor and printing his quote!

wendyl

it really annoys me to hear the spelling Boudicca I have lived near
Colchester all my 75 years and it has always been Boadicea so in my book that is the correct spelling Sorry to blast of but I feel strongly when spellings like this are changed for no apparent good reason

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