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Postby Dr. Dos » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:19 am

I refuse to believe Llewellyn is a welsh name.

I mean for one thing it has vowels.

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Postby osprey » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:15 am

Found on Google: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview ... &board=gen

Sounds like the pronunciation is similar to DC's way, with the emphasis being put on the first syllable rather than the second. I can actually picture that being said in a Welsh accent.
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Postby SotiCoto » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:24 am

To pronounce words like the Welsh you need to add a coal miners cough and the bitter twang of poverty.
That'd be the South Welsh.
To pronounce words like the Gogs (North-Welsh), you need about 3 gallons of phlegm in your throat.

Thankfully... I'm from Mid-West Wales... which doesn't suffer from either of the aforementioned problems.


... And if I still had a microphone, I'd record myself saying it for you. Unfortunately... I lost my microphone a while back and have no idea where I left it.
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Postby Muninn » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:48 pm

Was it in Blackadder where he said you'd need half a pound of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names and not to ask for directions there or you'd be washing spit out of your hair for a week?

I hope Rooster doesn't see this, he's part Welsh isn't he?

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Postby SotiCoto » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:39 pm

Was it in Blackadder where he said you'd need half a pound of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names and not to ask for directions there or you'd be washing spit out of your hair for a week?
Wouldn't remember... but it is quite true. My brother does a better North-Welsh accent than I do, and I attribute it to him being a smoker his whole life.
I hope Rooster doesn't see this, he's part Welsh isn't he?
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Postby Rooster » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:46 am

For the record, I'd just like to say that I've been on about the correct pronounciation of Llewellyn for ages, and that I SEE ALL!

It still doesn't beat Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch though, with its two consecutive ll's. :P
What is perhaps even more ridiculous is that not only can I pronounce that perfectly... but I know the whole word without having to look it up anywhere...

.... and have been there...

.. twice.
Wow. I used to live there mate. I win.

Right now, ble mae'r tafarn? :wag:
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Postby Bocaj Claw » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:49 am

Can you repeat that but slower and louder and using american words?
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Postby Rooster » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:50 am

Can you repeat that but slower and louder and using american words?
AMERICAN: Ok. Wow, ok, cool, so like, where is, like, the bar dude? Hur, cool.

ENGLISH: Where's the pub?

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Postby Bocaj Claw » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:55 am

You are truly a fountain of knowledge and perhaps water, Roo.
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Postby Rooster » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:00 am

Useless trivia.

For example, that phrase is one of the few Welsh phrases I remember from my four short years there before I went to Englandland.

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Postby Tom Flapwell » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:25 am

You are truly a fountain of knowledge and perhaps water, Roo.
Yeah -- bongwater. Hey, he's shown pictures of his bong.
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Postby SotiCoto » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:27 am

Wow. I used to live there mate. I win.

Right now, ble mae'r tafarn? :wag:
Ok, I'll share some Win with you...

Ac mae'r tafarn draws yna...
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Useless trivia.

For example, that phrase is one of the few Welsh phrases I remember from my four short years there before I went to Englandland.
... Strange. I had it the other way around. I was technically born a dirty Saes... but blueshifted over to Wales after a mere 5 short years in Surrey...
... Then blueshifted back to London at the age of 18 for University. Fancy that...
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Postby KJ Fellie » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:03 pm

I was born and raised, and still live in one state, and if anyone can claim to have the "Northwest" accent, it's me. People even ask me where I'm from. I say "Here."
If anyone wonders, I've always pronounced Llewellyn as LUU-wil-linn. That's the Northwest accent for ya. There are lots of "ih"s spread about in words. For example: Willamette is often pronounced will-AAH-mitt or will-AAH-met by locals. The middle syllable is not stressed much more than the others.
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Postby Rooster » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:13 pm

You are truly a fountain of knowledge and perhaps water, Roo.
Yeah -- bongwater. Hey, he's shown pictures of his bong.
I own no bong. Only pipe and papers.

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Postby Tom Flapwell » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:08 am

That wasn't you who started the "I got a bong" thread with photos?
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