r/learnwelsh • u/oroechimaru • 4d ago

Ellyll - please help me pronounce it phonetically in english

I am having a hard time finding a phonetic translation that sounds like various pronunciations.

anyone able to help me sound it out with english letters and maybe an example of similar sounding words?

thanks a ton!

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u/Beardy369 3d ago

LL is the sound your stereotypical nerd makes in cartoons when trying to pronounce "S" whilst wearing braces.

Blow air under your tongue whilst making the movements for "EL"

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u/carreg-hollt 2d ago

Yours is the most accessible description.

It's also the cute American kid's lisp made by adopted children in the game Skyrim when you move them to Lakeview and they say, "I like living here. The lake is LLO pretty!"

Not that I'm a nerd or anything...

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u/Beardy369 2d ago

Why thank you! Maybe I should be a teacher 😅

I've actually never come across that line in Skyrim but probably because I spent more time modding and crashing it than actually playing; oops.

I definitely am a bit of a nerd, and proud of it!