When asked what she thought of Lorence Luwelin Bowin’s book choice of ‘Brideshead Revisited’ she said that she has a policy of never saying anything that will dampen someone’s enthusiasm about something they like.

What a lovely policy. I’m going to try to adopt it.
(Might give the Catholic stuff a miss though.)
Who’s with me?

Looks like a bad habit to get into.

I take it Nuns don’t get dental?

They’re not real teeth. She wears them just to be distinctive.

We’ll be having nun of that

*Shakes Psalm in anger*

I think she’s a top old lady, to be honest. And it is indeed a lovely sentiment.

PS is it not Llwelyn? Or is that dampening your enthusiasm for bad spelling? 🙂

Or even Llewelyn?

or even Llewellyn?

actually, I know it’s Llewelyn, but it’s St David’s Day when we can throw unnecessary consonants around with wild abandon.

They’re not unnecessary. Just because ll is (mostly) the same as l in your language doesn’t make it so in others 🙂

Nope, definitely Llewelyn. First letter Ll makes the ‘Hissy’ sound, second is a solid ‘L’ sound. In Welsh, by the way, ll is one letter, as is dd and ch.

Edit

Too slow. 😳

would you not pronounce llewellyn and llewelyn differently? Or am I being a bit phlegmatic?

He’s a twit so I couldn’t be bothered to look up spelling. I bet you knew who I meant.
He did also choose Aubrey Beardsley, so he has some taste.

or NSFW http://tinyurl.com/6592o42

Llewellyn would have a double ‘hissy’ sound, Llewelyn would only have a single ‘hissy’ sound. Like the difference between Llanelli and Llandegla.

Llewellyn would have a double ‘hissy’ sound, Llewelyn would only have a single ‘hissy’ sound. Like the difference between Llanelli and Llandegla

😉 I know.

Stoner: Builth Wells Escape Committee organiser, 1995.

I like Builth Wells.

Is it a trail centre? I’m going to one of those this weekend. My first.

Builth Wells is a town. With loads of biking nearby.

unfortunately I didnt take up MTBing until 2000 so never rode round there when I lived there.

🙁

Luffli!

Surely that’d be lyfli?

We have considered moving to Builth in fact.

Oh I don’t know I’m not Welsh.

Kevevs off here could tell you though, he is Welsh.

My mum’s half Welsh. She can say that big long railway station name.

Euston?

Llanfairpwllgwyngethgwerndrobochllantysiliogogogoch? (without googling)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (with googling.. dammit.. knew there was a bit missing.)

As an Englishman living in Wales it was quite a friendly place (compared to more Fundamentataff parts of the country). Except when the 5 (as it was then) nations was on.

Fortunately as Im originally of scottish stock I could safely where a blue shirt into the pub, but not a white one. During the tournament, a flag used to hang out the front of the White Hart on the high street depicting a cartoon red dragon anally violating an English Bulldog…

And she can sing the national anthem. Talented my mum.
We used to watch Ryan & Ronnie at home.
“Don’t call Will on your father” an all that.

Sorry…. got a bit carried away there.

Since the thread started with a Nun I have suitably chastised myself with a cilice and birch.

Which was nice.

So how do you lot pronounce Paris (the place, not the plaster) or Mexico? 🙂

Interesting that. There are English variants of many major cities and countries across the world and indeed in Wales. However those are accepted and widely used alternatives, and I do not think that gives you carte blance to mangle any place name you see fit.

You don’t drink wine from Bord-oaks do you? Or play football against Marr-seal?

I do not think that gives you carte blance to mangle any place name you see fit.

Hear hear, old boy. It’s maintaining such high standards of pronunciation with respect to place names that separates us from those American ruffians, what?

This thread hasn’t quite taken the course I expected. But I cannot criticise, for fear of dampening any enthusiasm.
Praise the Lord.

Hear hear, old boy. It’s maintaining such high standards of pronunciation with respect to place names that separates us from those American ruffians, what?

Abso-god-damn-lutely.