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

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, November 28, 2004, 13:58
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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