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Thread #80896   Message #1478582
Posted By: sian, west wales
05-May-05 - 04:19 AM
Thread Name: Cwm Rhondda Why?
Subject: RE: Cwm Rhondda Why?
Splott and Wysi, it's actually "huv-RUH-doll" (with the English 'll' of course, not the Welsh!) Hyfryd (HUH-vrid) means pleasant or lovely in Welsh.

Accent is always on the penultimate syllable, too. So, "Coom RHON-the" and "Ton y BO-tel". Except for 'ton' there's actually a circumflex over the o^ which makes it fall somewhere half way between a short and a long 'o'.

siân