I have been reading for a day (I started yesterday) and I am wondering why it starts out as Galinda the Good, then it changed suddenly to Glinda...
2006-06-25 07:13:57 · 5 answers · asked by senorlucien 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
She changed it in honor of a teacher at her school when he becomes mute. He pronounced it Glinda, so that's what she changed it to.
2006-06-30 12:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Gregory Maguire's "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West", Glinda is initially called "Galinda," but she drops the first 'a' in her name in the middle of the story in tribute to Doctor Dillamond, a martyred Goat who teaches at Shiz University (Doctor Dillamond made the habitual mistake of calling her "Glinda" instead of "Galinda" in class)
2006-06-25 14:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because nobody pronounces it correctly, so she just accepts the fact that people call her Glinda.
2006-06-25 14:17:27 · answer #3 · answered by 27ridgeline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James has it right. She can't get people to do it right. So she just drops the "a". (This is if you meant the book, not the show)
2006-06-25 23:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by DoodleGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of her proffessors miss pronounces her name and when he dies she changes it in his honor
2006-06-25 14:17:33 · answer #5 · answered by ShortStuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋