Having lived in Wales as a kid, and now near the Welsh border, I grew up calling Llandrindod Wells just Llandod, spent many a Sunday on the lakes there. I won’t comment on some of the pronunciation of the other place names, but I probably wouldn’t have attempted them without practice and research, but a nice video anyway. Love Barmouth.
Lawd - much worse than I thought it would be when I read your post! Welsh is a phonetic language ie written as pronounced. Learn the rules and apply them!
Please, if you're going to talk about Wales, take some advice about how to pronounce the place names. Some of the pronunciations in this series are laughable.
Take 20 minutes out and watch Michael Sheen’s ‘For Wales see England’ might understand why the independence for Wales is growing..........Anybynwydd 🏴........Hay is a cracking town
I would have loved to hear him pronounce Llanfair ym Muallt. Most can’t even manage the anglicised version, Builth Wells. I’m also having a hard time understanding who voted for those particular towns when Wales has so much more to offer than a few tourist traps.
C'mon, if you're doing a video on Welsh towns, please spend 10 minutes research finding out how to pronounce them. Machynlleth is a tricky one, but "Ceredigion" is easy enough, and it's not "Serrydijion". The lack of basic research on pronunciation doesn't inspire hope for the accuracy of the rest of the video.
Hello i am from Singapore i am 40 years old. First of all thank u so much for uploading this useful video about Wales. Honestly i ever been to UK i been to Birmingham in 2014 i went there for my girlfriend's wedding.
On a hike through the Mount Snowden National Park we stopped at a village called Betws -y-Coed. We went into a cafe for a coffee and a snack and were discussing how to pronounce the name of the village. I said, well, why don’t we ask a local. We called the waitress over and asked her how to pronounce the name of this place. With a very serious look on her face and speaking loudly and slowly she said ‘The Alpine Coffee Lounge’. She was a bit miffed when we all just about fell off our chairs laughing.😂
I put a like on your comment . However there is no Mount Snowdon or Mount Snowdon National Park. The mountain itself is simply Snowdon (in Welsh Yr Wyddfa ) The park is Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri or in English Snowdonia National Park.
Oh dear, much criticism and little offered by way of help... First thing to realise - and not only about Welsh I might add, is that different languages often have different alphabets. Welsh has several double letters such as ch, dd, ll, rh, th and so on - that count as single letters - though you might be forgiven for not knowing how to pronounce them all! Y and w are both consonants or vowels (plus a, e, i, o, u in the vowel category) . K is one of several letters the Welsh alphabet doesn't have - the sound is represented by C, which is never pronounced as ss.... Some of the letters found in both languages sound quite different in each! Spa towns often have the word 'Wells' in their names - even in English. e,g, Tenbury Wells, Malvern Wells, Royal Tunbridge Wells, etc. Welsh people have a fairly distinctive beat in the way they pronounce all of the syllables, the emphasis of the word often falling on the middle or penultimate syllable... Now, can you begin to understand their criticisms, yet... For the record, I am Scottish, not Welsh! But we all must begin somewhere - and life is nothing if it's not a learning curve... It's a lovely film otherwise though, you can take heart in that much, I hope!
KIDWELLY ?!? My Lord, someone who created that rank definitely NEVER been to this S**THOLE! What about Caernarfon, Denbigh, Llangollen, Conwy, Llandudno, St. David's, Holywell, Llanidloes, Aberystwyth, Dolgellau, Betws-y-Coed, Abergavenny, Ruthin, Aberareon, Fishguard, Laugharne, Monmouth, Harlech or Crickhowell?
@@chrisrutter6015 yes, the area of Brynford Villas, Town Centre and Greenfield with St Winfred's Well especially is very cute town with lively architecture to compare to many others similar size ones in Wales
Nice film, narration not so much. The beautiful Welsh language was absolutely MASSACRED. Surely they could have asked an actual Welshman how the words are pronounced. 2/10
He manages to get Cardigan right but Ceredigion wrong,the C at the beginning of Ceredigion is pronounced like the English letter K same as the letter C at the beginning of Cardigan so it's pronounced Keredigion not Seredigion.
Ceredigion is pronounced with a 'K' at the beginning. Not a soft 'C' or 'S' sound. good video though. polish up on the pronunciation, maybe though but understood that can be quite difficult for the non speaker. A double L as in LL (predominantly at the start of a word or name) sounds like clearing ones throat or back of the tongue. Lots of mouth lubrication helps too. Saliva is essential to pull some words off in Welsh speaking perfection. Good video tho'. Lot's of LOVE from Wales anyhow Learning Canteen'.! CARU
1:12 “for it doesn’t rank so good in that regard.” Neither does your English grammar! And as much as I love Porthmadog, its architecture hardly stands out as anything of note. Ynganiad ofnadwy!
With Housing a really problem in the whole of Wales, i dont see it helpful to let the English looking for holiday homes, what a bargain buying in Wales can be.
Cardigan is a horrible place, rugs and crime are rampant. Twll dŷn y wlad. Kidwelly isn't a nice place either. There are far more beautiful and interesting towns in Wales
I was in Cardigan for 6 months , i must have missed the crime you are talkimg abaout . I found it very pretty and the locals were lovely . The Nature park by the River Teifi is beautiful .
If you plan a film about Wales and you don't know how to correctly pronouce the Welsh names and words ... cancel the plan until you have remedied the situation. To continue regardless is plain rude and shows your ignorance.
Absolutely appalling on all counts. "Learning Canteen"? The producers of this mish-mash of ignorance of language as well as questionable descriptions of places need to ge themselves educated as a priority. No subscription from this ex-pat Cymro.
@@Parrylarrydarrry No shit - that's what I said from the beginning. The author wrote it was a "beautiful county." I lived in the UK and in Wales (Chepstow) - I know it's a country.
Sere-didje-on. Oh Gawd 🙈. Don't even get me started on Machynlleth...
😂 I am rolling
A purely Ghanaian citizens I ha ve i fall in love with the beauty and it land i wish i could visit Wales one day
I’m Welsh and those efforts to pronounce the names was shocking
Having lived in Wales as a kid, and now near the Welsh border, I grew up calling Llandrindod Wells just Llandod, spent many a Sunday on the lakes there. I won’t comment on some of the pronunciation of the other place names, but I probably wouldn’t have attempted them without practice and research, but a nice video anyway. Love Barmouth.
Agreed on the pronunciation bit but Tenby is the winner for me. Bit surprised St Davids wasn't on the list but I am a little biased!!
If you post something on U Tube at least pronounce the Welsh names correctly.
Lawd - much worse than I thought it would be when I read your post! Welsh is a phonetic language ie written as pronounced. Learn the rules and apply them!
How would you know how to pronounce welsh names when most welsh wouldn’t have a clue how to speak their own language.
Borra da
My brain shit itself when he said Machynlleth
Good job llanidloes and Llanfair pg weren't on the list!😂
One of your pictures of Barmouth was taken in Dolgellau
I noticed that
Also Aberdyfi was on the same clip
Llandrindod in Wells? Wells is in Somerset! It’s Llandrindod Wells, like Tunbridge Wells! Spa town.
Please, if you're going to talk about Wales, take some advice about how to pronounce the place names. Some of the pronunciations in this series are laughable.
So are some of the names 😆
You missed out Dolgellau and you put a picture of Robert’s cafe on your Barmouth town which is in Dolgellau
Take 20 minutes out and watch Michael Sheen’s ‘For Wales see England’ might understand why the independence for Wales is growing..........Anybynwydd 🏴........Hay is a cracking town
Anybynwydd.. wtf?
So it was YOU doing the commentary
The Welsh pronunciation was something 😅
AWFUL. Consider the Welsh population and tutor the narrators please!
Yes as a other o to another
😂
Absolutely awful!
this is what happens when chat gpt and ai text to voice simulator have babies
I would have loved to hear him pronounce Llanfair ym Muallt. Most can’t even manage the anglicised version, Builth Wells. I’m also having a hard time understanding who voted for those particular towns when Wales has so much more to offer than a few tourist traps.
C'mon, if you're doing a video on Welsh towns, please spend 10 minutes research finding out how to pronounce them. Machynlleth is a tricky one, but "Ceredigion" is easy enough, and it's not "Serrydijion". The lack of basic research on pronunciation doesn't inspire hope for the accuracy of the rest of the video.
I don’t think you could butcher the pronunciation of the place names any further if you tried. Terrible and made me cringe. 😢
Hello i am from Singapore i am 40 years old. First of all thank u so much for uploading this useful video about Wales. Honestly i ever been to UK i been to Birmingham in 2014 i went there for my girlfriend's wedding.
On a hike through the Mount Snowden National Park we stopped at a village called Betws -y-Coed. We went into a cafe for a coffee and a snack and were discussing how to pronounce the name of the village. I said, well, why don’t we ask a local. We called the waitress over and asked her how to pronounce the name of this place. With a very serious look on her face and speaking loudly and slowly she said ‘The Alpine Coffee Lounge’. She was a bit miffed when we all just about fell off our chairs laughing.😂
I put a like on your comment . However there is no Mount Snowdon or Mount Snowdon National Park. The mountain itself is simply Snowdon (in Welsh Yr Wyddfa ) The park is Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri or in English Snowdonia National Park.
Appalling pronunciation, a complete insult to the Welsh language and those of us who speak it.
“Llandrindod, in Wells” 😂😂😂
Oh dear, much criticism and little offered by way of help... First thing to realise - and not only about Welsh I might add, is that different languages often have different alphabets. Welsh has several double letters such as ch, dd, ll, rh, th and so on - that count as single letters - though you might be forgiven for not knowing how to pronounce them all! Y and w are both consonants or vowels (plus a, e, i, o, u in the vowel category) . K is one of several letters the Welsh alphabet doesn't have - the sound is represented by C, which is never pronounced as ss.... Some of the letters found in both languages sound quite different in each! Spa towns often have the word 'Wells' in their names - even in English. e,g, Tenbury Wells, Malvern Wells, Royal Tunbridge Wells, etc. Welsh people have a fairly distinctive beat in the way they pronounce all of the syllables, the emphasis of the word often falling on the middle or penultimate syllable... Now, can you begin to understand their criticisms, yet... For the record, I am Scottish, not Welsh! But we all must begin somewhere - and life is nothing if it's not a learning curve... It's a lovely film otherwise though, you can take heart in that much, I hope!
Need some work on your Welsh place names. Even 10 minutes worth to check out how you pronounce the places listed would make the video watchable.
I'm not Welsh but still think he should have had some Welsh elocution lessons.
He managed a 10 on Tenby.
Da iawn.
Beaumaris would be top of my list and where is Aberystwyth?!
So happy bodant gradens was included in the start
Are you deliberately butchering the names here?
only name you got right was cardigan
Brecknockshire? That doesn't exist anymore.
The narrator is not alone in not bothering to even attempt to pronounce Welsh words correctly
What about Caerphilly
Please learn how to pronounce Welsh place names and counties.
I lith in the oldest city in wayols in bangor its thw 1500 yers old
KIDWELLY ?!? My Lord, someone who created that rank definitely NEVER been to this S**THOLE!
What about Caernarfon, Denbigh, Llangollen, Conwy, Llandudno, St. David's, Holywell, Llanidloes, Aberystwyth, Dolgellau, Betws-y-Coed, Abergavenny, Ruthin, Aberareon, Fishguard, Laugharne, Monmouth, Harlech or Crickhowell?
Hollywell?
@@chrisrutter6015 yes, the area of Brynford Villas, Town Centre and Greenfield with St Winfred's Well especially is very cute town with lively architecture to compare to many others similar size ones in Wales
What about Llandudno?
Awesomeness
Glad he didn't try Rhosllanerchrugog or Dwygyfylchi.
Nice film, narration not so much. The beautiful Welsh language was absolutely MASSACRED. Surely they could have asked an actual Welshman how the words are pronounced. 2/10
He manages to get Cardigan right but Ceredigion wrong,the C at the beginning of Ceredigion is pronounced like the English letter K same as the letter C at the beginning of Cardigan so it's pronounced Keredigion not Seredigion.
Come down Wednesday bye own choach day trip
I think the narrator needs to learn how to pronounce Welsh names.
Ceredigion is pronounced with a 'K' at the beginning. Not a soft 'C' or 'S' sound. good video though. polish up on the pronunciation, maybe though but understood that can be quite difficult for the non speaker. A double L as in LL (predominantly at the start of a word or name) sounds like clearing ones throat or back of the tongue. Lots of mouth lubrication helps too. Saliva is essential to pull some words off in Welsh speaking perfection. Good video tho'.
Lot's of LOVE from Wales anyhow Learning Canteen'.!
CARU
Wales is probably one of the prettiest counties in england????????? For goodness sake!!!! Outrageous pronunciation.
What about Barry ?.
How to walk on both sides of the street at the same time in a wales shirt at 5:32.
Pool Prince of Dive-ed in the Mabin-oh-jeeon.
You need someone who knows how to pronounce the names properly
As someone who lives in Wales it grated horribly
Most of the places are mispronounced. There should be more research done on this.
Would be something if you pronounced the Towns properly!
Thank goodness Bewts-y-Coed is not in it and Beddgelert is not mentioned. Then it will remain quiet there. At least in winter, when we go there. . .
Pronunciation quite bad
You should at least research how to pronounce the town names - it’s not difficult
Narrated by a butcher.. 😂
At least research a bit of pronunciation for place names before making videos like this!
Llan... is pronounced Clan for instance.
Love Wales. This video was pretty interesting. I haven't a clue how the place-names should be pronounced so no matter.
The commentator did not have a clue either....
Yea, hiddious pronunciations
Gave up watching, the only place pronounced correctly was Cardigan.
Best fish 'n' chips I ever had was in Barmouth.
Where the f#@k is Breaknokshire ??? I live in Hereford,so not far from Hay. Not heard of it
I'm more surprised by the omissions than by the pronunciations. A strange list.
1:12 “for it doesn’t rank so good in that regard.” Neither does your English grammar!
And as much as I love Porthmadog, its architecture hardly stands out as anything of note.
Ynganiad ofnadwy!
Welsh pronunciation is awful.
Had to stop the tape. The horrible pronunciation of the Welsh names was too bad. To make no effort is an insult to Welsh people.
interesting report
BUT make at least an effort to ask how to pronounce the names,
calling Llandeilo "lan-dilo" is awful.
This is a terrible video telling you how lovely a town is and then showing you a carpark and tescos and don't get me started on the pronunciation 😂
With Housing a really problem in the whole of Wales, i dont see it helpful to let the English looking for holiday homes, what a bargain buying in Wales can be.
Cardigan is a horrible place, rugs and crime are rampant. Twll dŷn y wlad. Kidwelly isn't a nice place either. There are far more beautiful and interesting towns in Wales
I was in Cardigan for 6 months , i must have missed the crime you are talkimg abaout . I found it very pretty and the locals were lovely . The Nature park by the River Teifi is beautiful .
Oh god. The pronunciation.. 😂
awesome
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Clicked the video for the curiosity, stayed for the pronouncistion 😅
Shame the robot narrator can't pronounce things properly.
Fy yn biw yn cymryr ar fi hothy oe
Fi yn byw yng Nhymru a fi yn hoffi o.
I live in Wales and I like it.
I think that's what it says.
Please learn to pronounce these towns correctly.It shows a complete lack of respect for these towns to mispronounce them so appallingly.
U
If you plan a film about Wales and you don't know how to correctly pronouce the Welsh names and words ... cancel the plan until you have remedied the situation. To continue regardless is plain rude and shows your ignorance.
Absolutely appalling on all counts.
"Learning Canteen"?
The producers of this mish-mash of ignorance of language as well as questionable descriptions of places need to ge themselves educated as a priority.
No subscription from this ex-pat Cymro.
Horrible mis pronunciation. Lazy to not have tried a little harder !
I cant watch this. Its so insulting to us. 😢
If you are going to post a video about Wales, please have the fucking decency to be able to pronounce its names!!!
Shocking pronunciation
The pronunciations!!? Lol.
terrible pronunciations, do some homework before posting
"Ceredigion", please do a bit of research first and learn how to pronounce! FFS!
Appalling pronunciation of Welsh placenames. No hoper robot.
Don't bother visiting. The country has the most wretched weather in all of Europe. Rains everyday for months on end
No I hare you. I lith in wayols and what's this in Welsh cymraug
Newport Gwent Wales 💯💩😂🏴🐍😂💯💯💩🐍😂💯💩
Wales is probably in the top 20 prietiest county's in England
Wales is not a county
@@juicyfruit4378 nor is it in England
@@user-ql1jv1dw8s correct
@@juicyfruit4378 wales is a country,
@@Parrylarrydarrry No shit - that's what I said from the beginning. The author wrote it was a "beautiful county." I lived in the UK and in Wales (Chepstow) - I know it's a country.
"Llandrindod in Wells"? LOL!
Ha Ha - brilliant pronunciation.