The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10091   Message #75709
Posted By: Murray on Saltspring
05-May-99 - 02:38 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Bells of Rhymney (Idris Davies/Pete Seeger
Subject: RE: Bells of Rhymney
Susanne is right--Welsh Y in other than final syllables is pronounced like a short U, as in "rum", rather than as in -- what, the last sound of "rummy" maybe.