This occured even as the British took over Wales and altered many place
names, "dumbing" them down a tad for the ease of the British.
That should read "even as the *English* took over Wales". Strangely, the
name 'Wales' means 'foreign place', and was named as such by the English.
Leave it to the English to invade a place and call the inhabitants
'foreigners'. (To the Welsh, their beloved homeland will always be
'Cymru'.)
The corruption or "dumbing down" of unfamiliar words also occurs with
people's names, e.g., C.C. Young for Yang Zhong-jian.
Tim
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