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Thread #121527   Message #2656386
Posted By: Susanne (skw)
14-Jun-09 - 05:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Last mine of the rhohnda
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Last mine of the rhohnda
Ref, you're right. The 'd' is pronounced with the tip of your tongue touching the teeth very lightly and briefly so that some air can escape at the edges. It's close to a soft 'th'. (I doubt that's a better description than yours!)

Also, the 'rh' is an 'r' preceded by an 'h' - one could say the two letters are reversed in pronouncing them. I'm not a Welsh-speaker but colleagues at the Welsh school where I once taught tried hard to drill some Welsh into me. Some of the pronunciation was the only thing that stuck.

And yes - 'Farewell to the Rhondda' is an entirely different song.