The y in Welsh is a flibberty-gibbet. Best way to remember the rules is the word for hospital, ysbyty. The front and middle ones are a short u sound as in bus and the one at the end is the usual short i sound as in butty. So it is said usbuty.
Now, for your next challenge, how is Eglwyswrw pronounced??!
Simon Blease
Monmouth
Eggloose... er.... wrw
Hmmm....Originally Posted by Wheeze
Eglwyswrw pronounced??!
I'd guess egg-loo-ee-sue-rue.
Yeah, good go Joe. I think egg-lewis-oo-roo is the way I would have written it...which comes to about the same thing!
Simon Blease
Monmouth
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