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Re: How do you pronounce these names?
Gwenfrewi - GWEN-vreh-weeGwenllian - GWEN-hlee-an (hl is the closest in English to the Welsh ll)Gwynedd - GWIN-eth (like Gwyneth)Gwyneira - gwin-IE-raI don't know about Gwenaelle. I'd guess gwen-AYL or gwen-ay-EL, but I don't know.
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I thought the stressed syllable in Welsh was always, or almost always, on the penultimate?
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Yeah, kind of. Some of these I got from other name websites, so I suppose they might not be completely correct. Although I'd hope they were!
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