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    used to get that all the time too

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    Default Special Welsh edition

    When English people pronounce:

    Betws-y-Coed as "Betsy Coe-Ed"
    Llanelli as "Lanelly" or (if they're trying really hard) "Clanecly"
    Machynlleth as "Merk eye-un luth"
    Bangor as "Banger"
    Heddlu as "Head Loo"
    Araf as "A raff"

    More to come.


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    People who use the word Cwtch can burn in hellfire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
    How do you pronounce them, then?
    That would be telling. I couldn't possibly.


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    The Welsh are a secretive bunch.

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    I hate it when people pronounce Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch as "oh bloody smurfing hell, Wales".

    English people are the worst.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krissy View Post
    might be why he does it
    Nah, I've never mentioned that it annoys me. Sometimes the 'd' gets thrown back in there as well (heyo). So it turns into sangdwich. Equally annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Manus View Post
    When English people pronounce:

    Betws-y-Coed as "Betsy Coe-Ed"
    Llanelli as "Lanelly" or (if they're trying really hard) "Clanecly"
    Machynlleth as "Merk eye-un luth"
    Bangor as "Banger"
    Heddlu as "Head Loo"
    Araf as "A raff"

    More to come.
    Now listen here you coal eating gremlin

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    Back when Dragon Ball Z aired on Cartoon Network in the UK (at least), the announcer seemed incapable of pronouncing "Saiyan" and "Saiyaman" correctly, saying "Sigh-Ann" and "Sigh-Ya-Man" respectively. I know they are made up words, but I couldn't help but notice it, being a fan. It just showed that the announcer didn't watch the show he was introducing, and must have been reading his introductions from a script, which just seems silly to me (at least check you're pronouncing the in show word correctly).

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    must have been reading his introductions from a script
    I've got some news for you...


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    Which is?

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    That he was reading from a script because it was an actor reading for a character.

    It was a joke.

    (ba dum tsss)

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    It wasn't a character though, it was the announcer on the channel - the "Coming up next..." guy.

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