Welsh Pronunciation

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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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How do you pronounce "Diawl Bach?

For you horrid coarse fishahs it means "Little Devil" in Welsh and is the name of a very effective nymph.

And by the way Monk, a very effective nymph does not mean a willing ruffe slapper!
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Its pronounced DIAWL BACH of course
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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OK is it "Di oool Bach" with the ch pronounced like Scottish Loch?
 
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The Monk

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And by the way Monk, a very effective nymph does not mean a willing ruffe slapper!

Oh right, guess it shows how much I know about fly fishing then?
 
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MarkTheSpark

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Yes, Ron. As in 'Dai'll back that horse at 16 to 1'

Sounds like 'dial back' with a throaty 'ch' sound at the end.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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If you put Diawl Bach into the Welsh/English dictionary HERE it says no matches --

but if you put Little Devil in it says that in welsh it is DIEFLYN
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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What say you Welsh Goff.

Mind you, he's probably from South Wales where they haven't used the Welsh language in yonks!
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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Diawl means devil.

Bach means lesser or diminutive

You have to put the two words in seperately Ed.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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No I don't .....

I'll just ask my Auntie Mwfanwy
 
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Shrek

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I always thought it was pronounced "Dowl Bach" with a hard gutteral sound on the -ch in "Bach".

"Jones the Uncle" should be able to confirm this for me..........!!!!!!!
 
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Wolfman Woody

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"from South Wales where they haven't used the Welsh language in yonks!"

Even in south Wales, Welsh is still the second more popular language spoken.













After Japanese, now.




We used to go to a grocer called Jones in Llanfairfechan who did smashing bacon. Lived next door to the local minister, Evans the Heavens.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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The Bone Collectors surname is Jones ---

He's Jones the Bones ......
 
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Evan

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A little less of the Evans the Heavens and Jones the Bones please....

And I have the proud distinction of having been told by a native Welsh speaker that I had the worst and most inaccurate pronunciation of Welsh words that she had ever heard, even worse than Englishmen ! So don't look to me for help.....








(I think it is Dye+owl run together('Dyowl') and Bar +"ch" sound in the back of the throat as in the Scottish 'Och')
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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Thank you Evan Boyo.

You are the only person to give me a decent reply on this thread.

Up the Welsh!
 
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