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Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 3: Barcelona culture

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 3: Barcelona culture
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:30:28 +0000
Thanks for that, Scott.  “Gaudi" likely to have come from the Latin for 
“rejoice” (gaudere), which is where “gaudy” originates, I believe.  

So there is a connection . . .

Chris
> On 25 Jan 2015, at 17:19, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> gaudy predates Gaudi by at least 300 years. I stole this from an internet
> site:
> 
> Shakespeare's "Antonius and Cleopatra" XI,11, 225:
> 
> "Let's have one other gaudy night:
> call to me All my sad captains;
> fill our bowls once more;
> Let's mock the midnight bell."

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