TILT AND BOGUE; SIMPKIN AND CO.; AND ORR AND CO. SIMMS AND DINHAM, MANCHESTER. ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF SOME LETTERS IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE. C is always hard, as k. Capel Curiy is pronounced Kapple Kerrig. Ch is a gutteral, sounded as in the German ich, or the Gaelic loch. Dd, whether at the beginning, middle, or end of a word, is an aspirated d, and has the sound of th in the word weather; thus Bedd, a grave, is pronounced Beth; and the village of Beddgelert, Bethgelert. F has the sound of the English v. Ff, as f English. I, ee, as in hid; or, if circumflexed, like our ee in been; thus cîl is pronounced keel. Ll is an aspirated 1, and has more the sound of chl than thl; thus Llangollen is pronounced Chlangochlen. O, as o in the English word don; or, if circumflexed, as o in the English word tone. Ph, eph, an aspirated P. R, at the beginning of a word, is always aspirated. Th, eth, an aspirated T. V sounds like i in limb, lime, &c. ; when circumflexed, as ee in been. W is always sounded as oo, and the single s, as in noose; thus Bettws is pronounced Bettouse. Yis, in some words, pronounced e, and in others as i, o, and u. |
