The Dark is Rising and Welsh Pronunciations.

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:

<Welsh stuff snipped>
> 
> 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.
> 

No way. Not all Jews can pronounce the "ch" sound. At least, not 
American Jews. I know American Jews who live in Israel for twenty 
years and more, and still say Hanukah, hallah, etc. It's a very hard 
sound for English speakers to pronounce, it seems. 

BTW, the Hebrew "ch" sound is quite different from the German "ch", 
which I, for one, cannot pronounce. 

Naama, who learned to growl in French quite early on..