Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

On Nov 27, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Michael Poxon wrote:
> Hi SallY!
> I've noticed that many announcers WILFULLY mispronounce Welsh! It's as
> though they're determined to
> get it wrong on purpose. They've clearly been told that Welsh
> looks/sounds
> "difficult" and don't want to
> let their bosses down. Even though the BBC has a pronunciation
> department,
> TV people still persist in
> (a) Getting Welsh wrong
> (b) Pronouncing the "ui" of Dutch as English "eye" so that 'Kluivert'
> comes out as 'Klyvert'
> Mike
It's not pronounced like that?
That's how we pronounce the New York place-name "Spuyten Duyvil", the
historical figure (and neighborhood and school named after him)
Stuyvesant, and i'm sure other names that i can't think of at the
moment.


-Stephen (Steg)

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