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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

A few years back I went to Llandudno. Was told it was pronounced Clan-dudno. On TV this morning Chris Packam said L-andudno.

Which is correct?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah brings me back to my 17 year old self when I first moved to Wales to be reunited with my family after first year of college. I turns to mum and says “Oh where’s Lan Elli I can do a weeks intense driving course for £500” and she’s pissing herself

I’m like mum I’ve been riding my moped for a year and I didn’t crash once, I’ll pass a car test I’m sure

Then she fishy’s back the scoffing and says “it’s Clan Ethli”

LL is a cl sound

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or a th in the middle of the word

Defo need to learn Welsh I do

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham

Best tip I ever recieved was in welsh you pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters as in english..

But you have to know your LL, DD, and CH's. .

For Llandudno or llangollen.

Re the Llan..

Think quiche Lorraine, as in flan,

But replace the f with th,

So THlan dudno or Thlan gollen (the gollen is gothlen not goll en)

Here endeth today's lesson

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By *reenleavesCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

There's no real way to describe the correct Welsh pronunciation as some of the letter sounds don't exist in an English context.

For the 'Ll' letter, touch the tip of your tongue lightly to the roof of your mouth where it naturally rests. Open your mouth slightly and breathe out with moderate force (don't blow).

The air escaping to either side of your tongue will make a lisping hiss. As soon as you have this, flip your tongue forward and say 'laa'. That's the letter 'Ll'. Stick an 'n' at the end and you have 'Llan'.

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By *r and Mrs SexploitCouple
over a year ago

Pontypridd

Ll is not a Cl sound at all. Ll has no equivalent in English. Pointless thinking of English sounds when learning another language.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

^^^Is the correct answer

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge


"Best tip I ever recieved was in welsh you pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters as in english..

But you have to know your LL, DD, and CH's. .

For Llandudno or llangollen.

Re the Llan..

Think quiche Lorraine, as in flan,

But replace the f with th,

So THlan dudno or Thlan gollen (the gollen is gothlen not goll en)

Here endeth today's lesson"

No, just no. Ll is not Th at all. But it's better than Cl.

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham


"Best tip I ever recieved was in welsh you pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters as in english..

But you have to know your LL, DD, and CH's. .

For Llandudno or llangollen.

Re the Llan..

Think quiche Lorraine, as in flan,

But replace the f with th,

So THlan dudno or Thlan gollen (the gollen is gothlen not goll en)

Here endeth today's lesson

No, just no. Ll is not Th at all. But it's better than Cl."

Hey you speak keyardiff welsh..I speak wrexham welsh

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By *ardiffwalesMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"There's no real way to describe the correct Welsh pronunciation as some of the letter sounds don't exist in an English context.

For the 'Ll' letter, touch the tip of your tongue lightly to the roof of your mouth where it naturally rests. Open your mouth slightly and breathe out with moderate force (don't blow).

The air escaping to either side of your tongue will make a lisping hiss. As soon as you have this, flip your tongue forward and say 'laa'. That's the letter 'Ll'. Stick an 'n' at the end and you have 'Llan'. "

Correct!

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

That’s cleared that up! Thanks x

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By *ite -meWoman
over a year ago

my house


"There's no real way to describe the correct Welsh pronunciation as some of the letter sounds don't exist in an English context.

For the 'Ll' letter, touch the tip of your tongue lightly to the roof of your mouth where it naturally rests. Open your mouth slightly and breathe out with moderate force (don't blow).

The air escaping to either side of your tongue will make a lisping hiss. As soon as you have this, flip your tongue forward and say 'laa'. That's the letter 'Ll'. Stick an 'n' at the end and you have 'Llan'. "

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge


"Best tip I ever recieved was in welsh you pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters as in english..

But you have to know your LL, DD, and CH's. .

For Llandudno or llangollen.

Re the Llan..

Think quiche Lorraine, as in flan,

But replace the f with th,

So THlan dudno or Thlan gollen (the gollen is gothlen not goll en)

Here endeth today's lesson

No, just no. Ll is not Th at all. But it's better than Cl.

Hey you speak keyardiff welsh..I speak wrexham welsh"

I'm not from Cardiff but did live there

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham

Could have sworn profile showed cardiff..

How long before cowbridge becomes a western suburb

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge


"Could have sworn profile showed cardiff..

How long before cowbridge becomes a western suburb"

Fair bit if green space between the two yet, but you do wonder.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A few years back I went to Llandudno. Was told it was pronounced Clan-dudno. On TV this morning Chris Packam said L-andudno.

Which is correct?."

Neither. The double L (Ll) is a stand alone letter in the welsh alphabet. It makes a sound which is difficult to describe but is made by placing yoyr tongue on the top of your mouth and blowing out of the side of your mouth.

(This is much easier to explain in real life lol)

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By *3xymamaWoman
over a year ago

Uptown Top Ranking

Just get someone who (siard cymraeg) speaks Welsh to tell you in person how to pronounce it correctly... very difficult to explain how written down

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By *utualpleasure42Man
over a year ago

enter location here

Welsh is a different language to English.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can't actually write the correct pronunciation, you just have to hear it because it isn't actually cl either.

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"Just get someone who (siard cymraeg) speaks Welsh to tell you in person how to pronounce it correctly... very difficult to explain how written down "

Send me a voice text? X

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