Re: Furrin phones in my own lect!

Andreas Johansson wrote:

> * So, apparently, has a friend of mine who went to Wales, and heard Welsh 'll'
> as [xl]!
Not entirely uncommon! The example that comes to mind is 'Llanelli',
because of the Rugby Union team. When commentators and announcers here
in Ireland pronounce it, quite often it gets mangled into /kl&n'ETli/.
I've never understood why they have so much difficulty though.

K.