How does everyone pronounce these words?
Lliswerry
Cambrian Road
Theatre
Tooth
Saucepan
Labadie
Nouble
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
2Lizwerry
Cam Bryan rode
Thee et er
Tooth as in look not as in Luke
Sos pan
Lab a Dee
Noo bul.
The ones that always get me regarding Newport are;
Garage as in garij
Castle as in Cassull
School as in skoowul
and the best, Bettws as in Bettis.
That one always gets me when I see it mentioned on TV. My kids laugh at me. It’s Bettis for goodness sake.
Cam Bryan rode
Thee et er
Tooth as in look not as in Luke
Sos pan
Lab a Dee
Noo bul.
The ones that always get me regarding Newport are;
Garage as in garij
Castle as in Cassull
School as in skoowul
and the best, Bettws as in Bettis.
That one always gets me when I see it mentioned on TV. My kids laugh at me. It’s Bettis for goodness sake.
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
3At last a sensible thread
How do you pronounce
PILLGWENLLY?
Thankyou
How do you pronounce
PILLGWENLLY?
Thankyou
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
4No idea on Pill, Norm. I guess, as with Lliswerry, Newportonian is a dialect full of broken rules.
Maesglas? Mays glass. But would a proper taff call it mice glass, I wonder?
By the way, my mum used to say "Bettwus". Cringeworthy.
Maesglas? Mays glass. But would a proper taff call it mice glass, I wonder?
By the way, my mum used to say "Bettwus". Cringeworthy.
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
5More generally, I dislike Welsh neighbours referring to "going to the village" when we live in a town, "going into town" when talking about visiting Newport or Cardiff cities (when we were allowed to do so).
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
6Might boor you with this one.mad norm wrote:At last a sensible thread
How do you pronounce
PILLGWENLLY?
Thankyou
But as far as I'm aware this is an unusual melding of an ancient saxon word 'Pill' which is a tidal river or coastal inlet, pronounced as in English rhyming with Mill or Till; and the Welsh name Gwenlly prounced Gwhenthlee
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
7The one's that have amused me include hearing people say quimbran for Cwmbran and A bert us wig for Abertysswg
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
9Thanks. At last I can pronounce it properlyOLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:Might boor you with this one.mad norm wrote:At last a sensible thread
How do you pronounce
PILLGWENLLY?
Thankyou
But as far as I'm aware this is an unusual melding of an ancient saxon word 'Pill' which is a tidal river or coastal inlet, pronounced as in English rhyming with Mill or Till; and the Welsh name Gwenlly prounced Gwhenthlee
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
10Thinking back, many years ago I lived on Pillmawr Road. Only once did I hear someone pronounce it Pichllmawer.
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11I can remember asking for Bass a leg Rd when I was looking for digs when I started at art college.
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
12How about Allt-yr-yn?
Alt-er-reen or Alt-er-run or Alt-er-rin?
Alt-er-reen or Alt-er-run or Alt-er-rin?
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
14Good Evening
I’ve heard this on I-follow....
Dimmytroo.
Any ideas?
Phil in Noorthaamptun
I’ve heard this on I-follow....
Dimmytroo.
Any ideas?
Phil in Noorthaamptun
Re: Newport-related pronunciations
15Don't think he puts a y or oo in his pronunciation. More like Dim-it-row.
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