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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Llewellyn?
in reply to a message by maire
First off, great name!
It's usually stressed on the middle syllable, liew-ELL-in.
In an ideal world it should be closer to hlew-EH-hlin, with the ELL sound veering towards ETHL. But the Welsh "LL" is a stupidly difficult consonant to pronounce unless you've been raised with it; I've never heard non-Welsh-speakers bother.
I hope that's helpful. :)
(edit to clarify phonetic spelling)
It's usually stressed on the middle syllable, liew-ELL-in.
In an ideal world it should be closer to hlew-EH-hlin, with the ELL sound veering towards ETHL. But the Welsh "LL" is a stupidly difficult consonant to pronounce unless you've been raised with it; I've never heard non-Welsh-speakers bother.
I hope that's helpful. :)
(edit to clarify phonetic spelling)
This message was edited 5/6/2007, 10:09 AM
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