Two Welsh meteorites...try pronouncing these...!!!
'Beddgelert'...went through the pub roof in 1949 (think the 'dd' is
pronounced 'th')
and...
'Pontllyfni' 1931 (the 'llyf' is pronounced as a kind if slurred 'cclif'
sound )
Details here...history of Welsh meteorites
http://brynjones.members.beeb.net/wastronhist/meteorites.html
Regards
Graham Ensor, UK
Chris Peterson wrote:
A fair description. I spent some time once in Llangollen, and the
patient coaching of some locals got my pronunciation moderately close.
It took some work, though.
Are there any Welsh meteorites?
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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Hi, Darren, Chris, List
The great dictionarianist Samuel Johnson
described it as the sound of a goose hissing!
I suppose it depends on how angry the Welsh
speaker is at English dictionarianists...
Pronunciation guide to Welsh:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html
Sterling K. Webb
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