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[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have a reasonable grasp of how gaelic/celtic names come together with their vowels and constanants?

A friend and I (his name is Amargein, pronounced "AW-vuh-reen") were trying to figure out what my name would be in welsh/gaelic/celtic spelling. I tried to look up even "Lucina" and couldn't come up with much.

Maybe someone more familiar might be able to help?

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[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Well, it might help to decide what you're looking for. Welsh spelling will be significantly different from Celtic/Gaelic, as it's a completely separate language with completely separate spelling rules.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I did it in Welsh and I THINK I came up with something as good as any English speaker can.

Ly'wsyndrhyyl

Ly'w = loo / syn = sin / dhry = dree / yl = el.

I'm admittedly not sure about the yl part. I got a lot of this from sites that break down the phonetics. Lugh and ly'w are both Loo, so....I picked the prettier one. :D

And I know Rh is "ri" and adding a y makes it "ree" (as in Rhys).

So I stumbled a bit, but I think it's passable.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Er..now that I think about it, it's probably a Ll.

Lly'wsyndrhyyl. Or some approximation there of. Maybe the yy changes things.

[jazbot.livejournal.com]

I always thought Ll was promounced more in the back of the throat that what you're looking for.
Like kL almost...

on Ll

[jazbot.livejournal.com]

1. Say the English word antler, making sure you say the t as a real t, not as a glottal stop. That is, make sure the tip of your tongue is touching the back of your upper teeth or the ridge immediately behind them.
2. Drop the an part and say tler without using your vocal chords. In other words, whisper.
3. While saying this, try to sustain (hold) the l as long as possible. It should sound a little like air hissing out of a bicycle tire. That's the ll sound in Welsh.

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[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Llewelyn is proununced "Luh-wellen", though.

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[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's just how it's pronounced in English; it could be different in Welsh.

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[jazbot.livejournal.com]

but pronounced properly, would be closer to hlew-ellen.