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How do YOU pronounce Talybont?

Random question i know, but I'm welsh speaking and curious to know how non-welshies would pronounce it. Its abbreviated a lot as "Taly"- how would you pronounce that as well??

Reply 1

~Sam~

15

TheJones

Random question i know, but I'm welsh speaking and curious to know how non-welshies would pronounce it. Its abbreviated a lot as "Taly"- how would you pronounce that as well??

Tal-i-bont

Reply 2

cherryade

my dads taken to calling it "taliban". either that or "the slums". me thinks hes just jealous :biggrin:

tally-bont

OP

Nope

As I thought people pronounce the "y" in Talybont as a "y" in "happy"
However, "y" in welsh is sorta the equivalent of The in English, and is pronounce kinda like a deep "uhh"
Random fact for the day :biggrin:

Reply 5

cherryade

so how are we supposed to say it? tal-ugh-bont?! sounds cool :smile:

Reply 6

TheJones

OP

cherryade

so how are we supposed to say it? tal-ugh-bont?! sounds cool :smile:

Yep, more or less :biggrin:

It's my inbuilt characteristic to correct people welsh! :s

Reply 7

viviki

14

i've never met anyone welsh whos pronounced talybont and tal-ugh-bont.

Reply 8

James_000

viviki

i've never met anyone welsh whos pronounced talybont and tal-ugh-bont.

Nope me niether. Shouldn't it be more like Tal - e - bont?

Reply 9

katie-bob

Well, I'ma gonna call it Tally-bont and like it.

Although learning some basic Welsh would be fun...

Reply 10

Chocolatefudge

9

Maybe we ought to start up a learn welsh thead and anyone who speaks welsh can teach us non-welsh speakers!

Like.... araf!

pardon?

Araf. It means slow. When you go driving in Wales it's written all over the roads.

Reply 14

_poptart_

2

yeah id like to know a bit of welsh - whats welsh for "i'd like a vodka an coke please" lol :biggrin:

Reply 15

cherryade

yea id like to learn some welsh...im kinda tempted by the freestanding module called intro to welsh or something. would be useful to understand what people were saying, could eavesdrop on people in the street! :biggrin:

Reply 16

James_000

cherryade

yea id like to learn some welsh...im kinda tempted by the freestanding module called intro to welsh or something. would be useful to understand what people were saying, could eavesdrop on people in the street! :biggrin:

Noone speaks welsh on the streets! :biggrin:

There are welsh schools in Cardiff but they all speak English outside of school.
i know basic welsh (had to do it in school since I can remember) but am pretty rusty!

Reply 17

martynwilliams

7

poptart86

yeah id like to know a bit of welsh - whats welsh for "i'd like a vodka an coke please" lol :biggrin:

"Vodka a coke oes gwelwch yn dda" :biggrin:

Reply 18

James_000

martynwilliams

"Vodka a coke oes gwelwch yn dda" :biggrin:

Rydw i'n hoffi vodka a coke :smile:

Reply 19

TheJones

OP

yeah

nice to see people enthusiastic about welsh :smile:

It's a really nice language, but not very similar to english so i'd imagine quite hard to learn?????and its not Tal "ugh" bont, its more of a "uh" sound- im no good at phonetics!

How do YOU pronounce Talybont?

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