Just because you are poor doesn’t mean you have a different tone of voice?

Did you know watch the video?

He was "adopted" by a teacher who spoke ill describe it as the upper class speaker. He went to gramme school, etc etc

Practice, practice, practice. And then practice some more.

Nonsense.

He was anything but...

Skankin' Dragon. pontrhydyfen.

Pontrhydyfen is almost as unpronouncable as Ynysybwl to those not fortunate enough to be born in Wales.

moggs strange how the English can pronounce names correctly anywhere in the world but Wales. Newsreaders can pronounce correctly the most obscure village in Afghanistan but give them Pontypridd or Tonypandy and they are screwed. It betrays a patronising attitude. Because, after all, who cares? It’s only Wales, after all. Can’t they just do their bluddy homework and find out the correct way to pronounce these names? Not too hard. Maybe they would get the message if we Welsh started mispronouncing English names. Loondon , anyone? Or maybe Eecster? Or Brystol?

@@petrovonoccymro346 I agree, a little effort to achieve correct pronounciation wouldn't go amiss, but I do have a little sympathy when it comes to some of our place names. All those consonants masquerading as vowels. I've had a few humourous encounters down the years. I was brought up in Morriston, and one day a large lorry pulled up alongside me as I was walking along. " Excuse me buddy, can you tell me how to get Whystranglass '. He sounded American. " Where ", I enquired. " Whystranglass ", he repeated. I looked at him nonplussed, and he handed me a sheet of paper. "Oh,you mean Ystradgynlais ". " Yeah, that 's the place, you got it, Whystranglass ". I told him where to go, and we both laughed. The Americans were heavily involved at Waunarlwydd, and to a man referred to it as Oneeyelid.

moggs haha. Very funny tale Moggs. I used to know a lad called Moggs from Merthyr. He was a mate of Dai Williams who was at London Uni with me.