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Recently I heard Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 refer to the town of Dolgellau<\/a> in Wales (N52:44:24 W3:53:24). He pronounced it as “Dolga-l-ow” and made the last syllable rhyme with “cow”.<\/p>\n

Why-oh-why can’t a broadcast professional do a little research before guessing this pronunciation? A little goes a long way.<\/p>\n

(I couldn’t resist writing “why-oh-why” back there, it’s obligatory if you’re passing comment about the BBC. If it’s a positive comment about the BBC – and there are many conceivable ones – then you should finish by emphatically saying “thank you BBC”.)<\/p>\n

There is such a thing as a Pronunciation Unit at the BBC for internal use. And a BBC styleguide<\/a> which is quite a fun read.<\/p>\n

There’s also a webpage of audio pronunciations<\/a> which might be handy, courtesy of… the BBC.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

To pronounce Dol-gell-au correctly, the last syllable rhymes with “eye” and the combination “ll” signifies a voiceless fricative<\/a> sound. Put your tongue as if you’d make an “l” sound then blow air instead.<\/p>\n

This sound is not unique to Welsh. Several other languages feature the sound. If you can already speak Navaho, Greenlandic or Zulu – or a combination of them – you’ll have no problem with it.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading my new blog. If you ever try to correct anything so picky as my pronunciation, I’ll fight you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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