e-dy-the

Updated: July 25, 2026

I have wanted to know for nearly a year and never think to ask." Catherine laughed. "She was christened Edith, but when she was in High School she had a silly streak and wrote it with a 'y' for the 'i' and an 'e' on the end, so her brother called her E-dy-the, the way it looks, you know, just to tease her, and it turned into Dy-the and stayed that, though she signs herself Edith.

Katharine Ellis Barrett - The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted