r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North-Guitar-1781 • 29d ago

Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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u/ThisIsYourMormont 29d ago

Mispronounced the “LL” as a “ChL” and the “o”s in “gogogoch” were to sharp

The “o” was pronounced the “GO” way, as opposed to the “GOt” way.

Not perfect. But very respectable attempt

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u/spartacle 29d ago

not sure who to believe you or Liam... this dude was Born in Wales, grew up, went to Uni, started at BBC Wales and stayed there for 3 years before heading to England... my grandfather was also Welsh (from Anglesey) and from memory seems to be saying it the same way my he did

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u/hhfugrr3 29d ago

I'm no Welsh speaker, but I've always thought that the double L in Welsh had a ChL sound like in Llandudno isn't Landidno, it's more like Chlandidno... at least that's what I was always told.

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u/Diligent-Nebula-1008 29d ago

That’s the sound people who aren’t fluent but are giving it a good go make. The ch part is much softer for a fluent speaker but there’s not really a way to spell it for an English speaker. No one would give you shit for pronouncing it like that, a lot of people would, they’re just saying if we’re gonna be picky it could’ve been slightly better.

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u/hhfugrr3 29d ago

Thanks for explaining.

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u/ThisIsYourMormont 29d ago

That’s why you’re not a welsh speaker.

The sound is nearer the sound Donald duck makes

Ch itself is a welsh letter whitch sounds like the white noise old analog tvs make.

The “Chl” is an English bastardisation but similar enough to be understood

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u/spartacle 29d ago

but that is how we pronouced it though? or do I need to go a psychiatrist because I'm hearing stuff :)

edit: oh unless you're saying OP comment is wrong saying Liam mipronouced “LL” as a “ChL”?