The Dark is Rising and Welsh Pronunciations.

Amy Z aiz24 at hotmail.com
Tue May 8 11:22:14 UTC 2001


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Dai Evans" <dwe199 at s...> wrote:

<primer on Welsh pronunciation>

Wow, thanks, Dai!  Some of this was in The Grey King, but not all.
Next time I read a book set in Wales I'm going to print this out and 
consult it as I go.  It's very hard for me to read when I can't 
pronounce things in my head.  I quit on LOTR as a kid partly for this 
reason--I've rediscovered it since, happily, thanks to my dh.  If only 
someone had pointed me to JRRT's pronunciation guide!  Although 
learning that even the ones I thought I knew were wrong might have 
made things worse (Cirith Ungo is pronounced Kirith, e.g.).

>I have come to the conclusion that you freaks on the wrong 
side 
> of the border just don't have the ability to pronounce the sound 
> correctly.

Like no one besides Germans and Jews being able to pronounce the "ch" 
in Chanukah, challah, freundlich, etc.?  Aah, it's a matter of 
training.  Everyone can get it sooner or later.

Amy Z
who took 3+ years to get the French "r" right





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