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richardhall (Voir le profil) 28 mars 2007 12:05:41
A woman is pictured as the starter of a race: Kion diras la virino?
La virino diras: Kuru!
In Welsh, the same sound would be (as near as dammit) "cwrw', which means "beer". Now that would get them running
Kwekubo (Voir le profil) 28 mars 2007 19:47:15
erinja (Voir le profil) 28 mars 2007 20:01:41
Kwekubo:Ah, so that's how the w's are pronounced in Welsh... In that case, is S4C pronounced "si-A-nel PED-ŭar KUM-ri"?I suspect it would depend on where you were from in Wales. The letter u is pronounced differently in the north and the south, if I remember correctly.
There are enough differences that on the BBC's Welsh-learning website, they have separate versions for "north Welsh" and "south Welsh"
richardhall (Voir le profil) 28 mars 2007 22:34:39
erinja:There are very significant differences between North and South Wales, but I'm no sort of expert, being saesnegKwekubo:Ah, so that's how the w's are pronounced in Welsh... In that case, is S4C pronounced "si-A-nel PED-ŭar KUM-ri"?I suspect it would depend on where you were from in Wales. The letter u is pronounced differently in the north and the south, if I remember correctly.
There are enough differences that on the BBC's Welsh-learning website, they have separate versions for "north Welsh" and "south Welsh"
S4C is usually said "ess-pedwar-ek"
erinja (Voir le profil) 28 mars 2007 23:22:27
richardhall:I'm americanaidd, so that makes my opinion count even less. I would love to learn Welsh though. Only so many hours in the day, unfortunately. I had a great-great grandmother who spoke nothing but Welsh; I looked at it briefly but never got further with it than learning the pronunciation and the basic framework of how the grammar works, but I consider even being able to pronounce it as an achievement!
S4C is usually said "ess-pedwar-ek"
If I ever have children, I have a burning desire to give one of them one of those Welsh names whose pronunciation you mangle unless you know the rules. Dafydd or something. Or something with a ll, so that even if they do know the rules, Americans will never ever pronounce it properly. I must be some kind of sadist
richardhall (Voir le profil) 29 mars 2007 08:44:00
erinja:I've lived in Wales for 14 years, and my knowledge of the language is still pitiful (I'm ashamed to say). There is an American fellow who learned his Welsh via the internet and who has 'taken the plunge' -- he now studies Welsh at Cardiff University! How impressive is that?! He blogs in both Welsh and English if you're interested.
I'm americanaidd, so that makes my opinion count even less. I would love to learn Welsh though. Only so many hours in the day, unfortunately.
I gave one of my daughters a Welsh name, but Catrin is one of the easiest in the pronunciation stakes. It still surprises me how many people can't get it right, though.
erinja (Voir le profil) 29 mars 2007 13:04:06
richardhall: There is an American fellow who learned his Welsh via the internet and who has 'taken the plunge' -- he now studies Welsh at Cardiff University! How impressive is that?!Impressive! Wow.
I gave one of my daughters a Welsh name, but Catrin is one of the easiest in the pronunciation stakes. It still surprises me how many people can't get it right, though.My grandmother's name is Glenys and people mess that up all the time. They call her Gladys. I guess it's a good thing that my great-aunt Ceinwen doesn't live in the US; I can only imagine what they'd do to her name.