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You've reminded me of my grandfather, who dated back to that century and when young would have come across people stretching right across the nineteenth century . He was not at all affected and he was a native Welsh speaker, but he loved to make fun of people who put on airs and graces. One branch of the family was named "Edwards" and sometimes he used to pronounce the name "Eddards". I thought that he was just doing his own thing, but maybe he was mimicking someone he'd come across who was rather affected?