Tamara et al, Oh dear! 'Hwyl' - h as in hell - 'w' as in 'ooo' - 'y' as in 'u' - 'l' as in luck! And that's about as near as I can get it! 'Rhys' is just sounding the 'h' after the R, just like sounding the 'h' in where, or whatever!
The 'll' sound - Llandudno etc - is pronounced by putting your tongue behind your teeth, and sort of blowing! I have been making the most peculiar noises as I have been trying to describe this, and my poor husband (Irish, so not a native Welsh speaker) thought I was suffering from some unidentifiable but hopefully not contagious disease. 'Y' can be pronounced like a 'U' or like an 'i' - depending on where in the word the 'y' is - but we don't have the same letters in the alphabet as English - Jones is the most common surname in Wales, but there is actually no 'J' in the Welsh language - it is usually an 'i', such as Sienkin for Jenkins - the Si is pronounced as Sh. I think that's enough of a tutorial for tonight - I'm getting brainstrain, and I am sure you must all be doing the same. Carol - in Suffolk UK. Subject: [lace-chat] Re: :- Changed to Pronunciation! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
