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loo-WELL-an

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do dee do

First off, great name!

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It's usually stressed on the middle syllable, liew-ELL-in.

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In an ideal world it should be closer to hlew-EH-hlin, with the ELL sound veering towards ETHL. But the Welsh "LL" is a stupidly difficult consonant to pronounce unless you've been raised with it; I've never heard non-Welsh-speakers bother.

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I hope that's helpful. :)

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(edit to clarify phonetic spelling)

This message was edited 5/6/2007, 10:09 AM

loo-WELL-in.

loo-EL-en usually, although I'd make at attempt at saying the ll properly if the person I'm speaking to speaks Welsh and won't laugh at me for getting it wrong.

LEW-ELL-EN

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My grandmother's maiden name was Llewellyn she pronounced it LEW-ELL-EN

lew-a-LIN.

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regreg

I pronounce it LOO-well-in, if that helps :/

Other... I've always said LEH-well-in. I've also heard loo-WELL-an. I'm not sure how correct these are, this is just how I've heard them.

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-Tuesday (who loves Llywelyn, btw :D)

This message was edited 5/5/2007, 1:27 PM

I'm pretty sure it's loo-EL-in, or something like that.

Ha ha! I have often wondered that same thing! I pronounce it loo-WELL-an.