Famous Llewellyns in wiki

[IceDragon]

<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llewellyn' target='_blank'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llewellyn< ... nteresting. But what is more interesting is why I found this. It is one of life's unanswered questions...

[Gizensha]

Which means that most of us have been pronouncing the name Llewellyn incorrectly. The ll in Welsh is pronounced very, very differently to the ll in english.<br><br>Closer to a kl, iirc.

[IceDragon]

<!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Modern variants are Llewelyn or Llewellyn, these are either bastardisations, <b>English variants</b>, or a transformation through another Welsh word, llew = "lion".<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Llewellyn is probably an English variant, therefore, must be pronounced as it is pronounced.

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-IceDragon+Mar 3 2006, 03:19 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (IceDragon @ Mar 3 2006, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Modern variants are Llewelyn or Llewellyn, these are either bastardisations, <b>English variants</b>, or a transformation through another Welsh word, llew = "lion".<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Llewellyn is probably an English variant, therefore, must be pronounced as it is pronounced. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> By which I presume you mean "As Llewellyn pronounces it". And there lies the problem with where this conversation is going.

[Phoenix]

<!--emo&:lol:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>I pronounce it 'Loo-Well-in'.

[IceDragon]

<!--QuoteBegin-Gizensha+Mar 3 2006, 10:55 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Gizensha @ Mar 3 2006, 10:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-IceDragon+Mar 3 2006, 03:19 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (IceDragon @ Mar 3 2006, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Modern variants are Llewelyn or Llewellyn, these are either bastardisations, <b>English variants</b>, or a transformation through another Welsh word, llew = "lion".<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Llewellyn is probably an English variant, therefore, must be pronounced as it is pronounced. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>By which I presume you mean "As Llewellyn pronounces it". And there lies the problem with where this conversation is going.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/faq.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/faq.html</a ... oteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>16. How do you pronounce the names "Ozy," "Llewellyn," and "Isolde"?</span><br><br>OZZ-ee. (Which is short for Ozymandias, or oz-ee-MAN-dee-us.) loo-ELL-in. iz-OLD-eh.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>What problem, Giz?

[Rooster]

In Welsh, or at least the dialect I was brought up on, it's pronounced "Thlew-ell-en"<br><br>The last "ll" is not pronouced as the first as a "y" follows it, creating a different syllabal.