On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:53:35 +0100, Howard Neil
wrote:

Paul Rooney wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:33:42 +0100, Howard Neil
wrote:


Fran wrote:

said...



By the way, Y Mynydd Du is pronounced "er minith dee" the "th" being as
in "the" rather than in "think".


Close. Try 'muh-nith dee'. You're right about the hard sounding
'th' though.

Have a listen to Cefn Gwlad next Wednesday, S4C, 9.0pm.


It's not 'muh-' to a northerner.

What is it then, please?

The so-called neutral vowel. Y can be the same as i in 'thin', but
here it's like the -er in 'copper' or the o in 'button'. A bit like
southern English u.



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