Re: Pronunciation questions about two Welsh names.
Alun is pronounced pretty much the same as Alan. It's AL-in. The u makes the same sound that a 'y' in English would make. Imagine it spelt Alyn. Siwan is pronounced See-oo-an according to http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/colinandcumberland/south/littleblackbook/wordbank/introducing_yourself.shtml (listen to the pronunciation). However SHOO-an could also be possible because sometime si makes a 'sh' sound i.e. Sion, Sian. The w makes an 'oo' sound so it could be SH-OO-an. The first pronunciation is from South Wales so perhaps their is a difference between North and South.

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Pronunciation questions about two Welsh names.  ·  faerielights  ·  2/26/2007, 8:27 PM
Re: Pronunciation questions about two Welsh names.  ·  Elea  ·  2/27/2007, 3:47 AM
Thank you so much. : ) nt  ·  faerielights  ·  2/27/2007, 2:48 PM