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Cornish pronunciations
by Elinor (guest)
11/23/2004, 10:41 AM
I think I could potentially really like these, but am very unsure of their pronunciations. Here they are, along with my own (very feeble) guesses:Daveth (DAV-ith)
Eseld (eh-ZELD)
Jago (JAY-go)
Jory (JOE-ree, JOR-ee)
Meraud (MEH-rid)
Myghal (umm ... MYE-khul?? - "kh" as in "loch")
Pasco (PASS-koe)
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- Merriment Trevelyan (guest)   +3
11/24/2004, 2:33 PM
TryDaveth - dav-eth
Eseld - ess-eld
Jago - jay-go
Jory - jor-ee
Meraud - meh-roud (like the vowel sound in round)
Myghal - my-al
Pasco- pas-coe:)
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- Anthony   +1
11/25/2004, 9:02 PM
I always beleived that Jago...way pronounced more like Ya-go.
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- Chrisell
11/26/2004, 5:57 PM
You're thinking of Iago :-)
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- Elinor (guest)
11/25/2004, 8:42 AM
Thanks! :-)
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- raindancing   +1
11/23/2004, 3:16 PM
Found these on the Celtic names of the British Isles site dont know how correct they are
Daveth — (DAH-veth) Cornish form of David, patron saint of Wales.
Jory — (JOH-ree) Cornish nickname for George.
Jago . — (JAHG-oh) Cornish form of Jacob.
Myghal — (muh-HAYL) Cornish form of Michael

This message was edited 11/23/2004, 3:17 PM

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- Elinor (guest)
11/25/2004, 8:43 AM
Thanks :-)
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