Inappropriate Tics
Oct. 4th, 2012 08:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
steepholmI am a very shallow person. I feel terrible for the family of young April Jones, especially now it's emerged that she has cerebral palsy and needs medication. I feel terrible for April Jones herself. I'm awed by the way the local community has worked together to try and find her.
But I still can't help correcting the radio every time a BBC reporter fails to pronounce "Machynlleth" properly. What have I become?
But I still can't help correcting the radio every time a BBC reporter fails to pronounce "Machynlleth" properly. What have I become?
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Date: 2012-10-04 07:50 am (UTC)Meopham is Meppum
Wrotham is Rootum
Trottiscliffe is Trosley.....
Leigh is Lie
.......and many more and it drives me nuts when they get them wrong on the media (especially in traffic reports).
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Date: 2012-10-05 06:29 am (UTC)First of all the "a" isn't short, as in Mack. Nor is it quite as long as in "barn". Try somewhere in between.
The "ch" is a fricative, as in "loch".
The "y" is like an English "u", at least in this case. So, altogether, "chyn" rhymes with "bun". This is also the stressed syllable.
As for the "ll" - this is the one non-Welsh people often have difficulty with. You need to position your tongue as if you were about to use an "l", but before releasing it, let the air come round either side of your tongue. Very roughly, it sounds like a breathy "l". But I've called in my friend Mr Youtube to give you a better idea.
So, now you know all you need to know - and more than many English people!
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Date: 2012-10-04 10:27 am (UTC)Belvoir is Beaver
Kedleston is Kessun
Croxton is Crowsun
Sproxton is Sprowsun
but Stroxtron is Strawsun
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Date: 2012-10-04 08:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-04 09:35 am (UTC)I'd be worried if you weren't feeling miserable. Feeling miserable and noticing mispronunciation is a perfectly normal combination for someone who is aware of place names anyhow.
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Date: 2012-10-04 01:18 pm (UTC)One that threw me recently was Llwynypia, where I have a relative in hospital. I kept reading it as Llwynympia, as some horrible Welsh/Greek mashup, and I actually had to go and look up what "pia" meant -- it's "magpie" apparently -- to see it as a proper word and pronounce it the way it's supposed to be.
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Date: 2012-10-04 01:57 pm (UTC)My personal bete noir is the name Ellylw. I know how it's said, but it trips me every time.
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Date: 2012-10-04 10:54 am (UTC)It's getting really troubling there's been no sign of her yet. :(
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