• davidagain@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Rhowch, cwtch, mwyn have to be Welsh. Classicly Welsh sounding words, and mbrsrtowcs, strxfrm can’t possibly be Welsh. Source: my welsh uncle taught me to pronounce Welsh place names.

    Wcstold, wcsoll wmffre could be either but sound really weird as Welsh to me.

      • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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        3 months ago

        I love the Welsh, but holy shit that’s not what those letters are supposed to be for. They and the Irish just made a bunch of shit up when they started to standardize spelling. It makes me understand how Russians feel when Westerners use Cyrillic letters improperly.

        • cartoon meme dog@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          the letters are “supposed to be” for Latin, a language with only five different vowel sounds.

          everyone since has just been making a bunch of shit up.