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Thread #93035   Message #1790149
Posted By: Anne Lister
22-Jul-06 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: folklore: Welsh pronunciation & other Welsh stuff
Subject: RE: Welsh pronunciation & other Welsh stuff
And just to confuse the issue, here in Gwent as in the Cardiff area we have a distressing habit of pronouncing Welsh place names exactly as we please - most famously Caerphilly becomes Kerfilly (and don't worry about that double l sound!). My two favourites are Maesycwmmer, known to the locals as Massy, and Croesyceiliog, known locally as Crossy. And the wonderfully French named Fleur de Lys, known as Flower.
A friend did wonder why all the hotels were called Gwesty, though, and has been trying to spot the slow Arafs marked on the roads (are there any fast ones?).
Should we tell her?

Anne (in Pontypool)