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Thread #93035   Message #1786502
Posted By: sian, west wales
18-Jul-06 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: folklore: Welsh pronunciation & other Welsh stuff
Subject: RE: BS: Welsh pronunciation & other Welsh stuff
Right. This Christmas, at the family Scrabble game, my sister is going DOWN. If it's the only word I put down all night ... !

Dave, I guess it could be Graig (rock) Garwedd or Garw (coarse, rugged). Pen y Ghent is top or head of something but I wouldn't want to offer an opinion on 'ghent'; not a Welsh word as it stands, but could be deteriorated from various things. A linguist would probably know ...

sian