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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