How To Say THOSE Welsh Place Names - A Complete Guide

Have you ever visited Wales and thought, "How do I say those place names?" If so, then this is definitely the video for you.
In this How To Say Those Welsh Place Names video, we take a look at some of the most Mispronounced Place Names in North Wales and give you a step by step guide on how to pronounced them.
If you're not from Wales, or if you don't have a grasp of the Welsh language, you may not realise that the Welsh alphabet is slightly different to the English alphabet and has some additional letters in there, letters that are made up from 2 letters...sounds crazy, but bear with us.
In this video, we take a fun look at some Welsh place names, such as, Llandudno, Beddgelert, Betws y Coed, Harlech, llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and more, and explain how you say and pronounce them.
Di you know that 'CH' was a letter in the Welsh alphabet? Did you know that, 'DD' and 'LL' were also letters in their own right? No? Well that is maybe why you might have had some difficulty pronouncing some of those Welsh place names, as those letters have their own unique sound.
We'll take you on a bit of a tour on North Wales, telling you a bit about some of these places, and also guiding you how to say and how to pronounce those Welsh place names.
We hope you enjoy this video, and hope you find it helps you pronounce and how to say some of those Welsh place names.
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Llyn Peninsula
01:54 Llandudno
02:43 Llangollen
03:39 Hawarden
04:34 Betws y Coed
05:24 Harlech
06:39 Pontcysllte
07:56 Beddgelert
09:45 Llanddwyn Island
10:43 Round Up
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  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan29786 ай бұрын

    I seriously believe you two need to send a reel of your work to the history channel. They would be fools not to hire you guys. You do very professional work.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    You're very kind, but I'm sure they'd laugh us out the room! Laugh at us that is!!! We have fun though. 🍻

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan29786 ай бұрын

    It is a beautiful country. What amazes me is Wales is so small but has so many amazing areas. I guess I’m used to traveling over 1000 miles just to get out of the Midwest here.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    I guess we are lucky. I remember being on tour of the states and we'd drive for 8 hours and still be in the same state!!! We can be in Spain in 2.5 hours and we can drive to England in 15 mins!!!

  • @AishusCraftyKidsClub
    @AishusCraftyKidsClub6 ай бұрын

    Wow. What a great place to explore. Well done. Enjoy 😊

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching Aishu x

  • @stephenbowker824
    @stephenbowker8246 ай бұрын

    Brilliant we used to watch Ken Dod at Llandudno every year and he always grinned when mentioning Bagillt. 😂😂😂 all the best from Yns Mon 🖐️👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah thanks so much. We've both worked with old Doddy when he performed at Wills theatre. Great man, incredible comedian! He's sadly missed. Cheers for watching and send cheers to Anglesey 🍻

  • @ninja-japan
    @ninja-japan5 ай бұрын

    I was able to learn about your country's wonderful scenery and culture through your videos. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video, my friends.🥷🇯🇵

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    We're glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching 🍻

  • @FXWalesAnnaAlf
    @FXWalesAnnaAlf6 ай бұрын

    Ah guys for non Welsh speakers you did a great job at pronounciation 🙌 Da iawn 😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and I loved the footage, such beautiful scenery in our homeland :) ~ Anna 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Praise indeed from you guys!! I'm not gonna lie we do sometimes check your videos if we come across a historical person we want to check the pronunciation for!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @FXWalesAnnaAlf

    @FXWalesAnnaAlf

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@PostcardAndAPintAww so good. Glad to help 👍💞

  • @TheSlawsAdventures
    @TheSlawsAdventures6 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! Mrs Slaw was quite good playing along but has always forgotten the ‘ll’ at the end of Pontcysyllte 😂

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Mrs Slaw has always been good at the languages. Glad we found one she didn't get right!!! Cheers to both of you 🍻

  • @JefPersonalVideos
    @JefPersonalVideos6 ай бұрын

    Beautiful and amazing view of the place and refreshing nature thanks for the tour

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for watching 🍻

  • @FieldviewAdventures
    @FieldviewAdventures5 ай бұрын

    With out doubt your best work 😂 had us in stitches , and as we’re currently in wales , we had to take notes lol 😂 brilliant guys xx

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Ah thanks guys. Were glad you enjoyed it. We hope Wales is treating you well! Get spitting and get those place names sorted. Cheers 🍻

  • @The_Brit_Girls
    @The_Brit_Girls6 ай бұрын

    Hi Rach & Wills! It was fun playing along and trying out these names for myself! Please don't ask how I did! 🤪😂 It was great to re-visit these places with your greatclips. Thanks for a very enjoyable and educational video! 👍😃

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We hope you had fun and didn't spit too much everywhere!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @CooksExplore
    @CooksExplore6 ай бұрын

    Fun and educational - And would probably be even more fun trying out these names after dry January finishes. Loved it.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha to be fair if you've been schooled in Wales, they're in built!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @inbetween-days
    @inbetween-days6 ай бұрын

    Hi guys cats on cushions so cute 😍. You had us mouthing LL . Was useful for us trying the pronunciations later on but not sure we would want you to see how far off we are 😆 will keep practicing. The CH was fun trying especially imagining the fly 🪰. DD was very tricky .We enjoyed the views along the way. Thank you so much a big 👍 from us. Hope you have had a wonderful weekend Best wishes Dave and Dawn ❤️

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We enjoyed making this one! To be honest if you've gone to school here, these things are in built!! We're glad you had fun trying! Cheers 🍻

  • @LeisureBit
    @LeisureBit6 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 loved that! You made us both laugh out loud - and maybe cringe a bit as we got some names wrong 😂

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    We're glad you enjoyed it. Hope you didn't end up spitting too much!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @SmithyGolfandSmithyWalks
    @SmithyGolfandSmithyWalks6 ай бұрын

    Super video .unlike Webbys comment above .ita much easier for me being Scottish to pronounce the ll sound .same as we say locccchhhh. Ive been all over Wales either playing golf or walking Wales Coast Path and always try my best to get the pronunciations right on my videos. Even learnt Llanfair PG...Gogogoch the night before. Tou missed the Welsh F is pronounced as a V. Llanfairfechan was my first experience of that. Anyways very entertaining video.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching. Yes, the Scots can give the provocations a good go, as can we when we wander into your beautiful country (we have that planned for the future!!). Cheers for watching and leaving us a comment. 🍻

  • @vlogbyheart9589
    @vlogbyheart95895 ай бұрын

    Great sharing as always 🎉🎉🎉big like from my side ❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. We're glad you enjoyed it 🍻

  • @sertwert8237
    @sertwert82374 ай бұрын

    Hilarious and informative! Thanks guys

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    4 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We had a lot of fun making this one. Living in Wales I'm sure there are many more of these we could make!! Cheers 🍻

  • @PinnedonPlaces
    @PinnedonPlaces6 ай бұрын

    We love WALLLLLLLLEEEES!!! Couldn't agree more with mis pronunciations, i'm 100% so bad at them, but i do try at least haha!! Love how you've shown us how to say the dreaded LL's. Ahh Llandudno is just epic, but seriously WILLS... how the F did you manage the longest name one? Even my Welsh friends can't do that haha!! Love all the facts, the scenery and everything there is to offer you've managed to amazingly pop into this video, always always look forward to your videos, thank you Wills and Rach, when i visit Wales this year I'll feel a little more confident in pronouncing them hehe :D

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. This was fun to make. Wills does a good line in the Llanfair PG talk! We are lucky to live in such a beautiful place, even if it does have a spitty language!! Cheers 🍻

  • @WanderingwithWatto
    @WanderingwithWatto6 ай бұрын

    This has me chuckling with me toast and spitting out me coffee. Absolutely brilliant. I murdered a couple of those place names when we visited for sure. Brilliant video guys. 👌🏻. Proper job as we say 👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Cheers Watto!! Glad you enjoyed it. You'll have to come and visit again and try out your new found welshness!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @WanderingwithWatto

    @WanderingwithWatto

    6 ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint I might just do that. 👌🏻. I’ll have to dub your pronunciations over the top. 👀

  • @o.bsoutdoors3871
    @o.bsoutdoors38716 ай бұрын

    Loved this guys! So much fun 😂. As scousers, we are the grand masters of murdering the Welsh language 😂🙈. And yes, pretty much everyone you mentioned we have mis pronounced 😮🙈. But we promise to repent for our sins and try to get it right in future 🙌. 'Lynn, i don't know who she is' had us in stitches 😂😂. Seriously your videos get better and better, some stunning footage of beautiful Wales there too. Loved this! Have a great week Shell and Pete 😊👊👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah bless the pair of you! We'll let you say Clangocklen! We hope you have your LL and your CH. a good go during this vid (and didn't spit all over your tv!!). Cheers 🍻

  • @christopherroberts7428
    @christopherroberts74282 ай бұрын

    Diolch yn fawr. Lovely upbeat channel 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    2 ай бұрын

    Ah Diolch - thank you 🍻

  • @pauladuncan3366
    @pauladuncan33666 ай бұрын

    Brilliant 😂❤

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha, cheers Paula x

  • @WebbysWalks
    @WebbysWalks6 ай бұрын

    I so need this. I hate when I have to get on a bus and tell a driver where I'm going on my coast walk paths. It has got so bad, I now show the driver google maps of where I'm headed and ask if they go there, a Using the excuse "I haven't got my glasses".

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    That's brilliant! Love that as an excuse!!! We hope you've now got your double L's down!! Cheers 🍻

  • @WebbysWalks

    @WebbysWalks

    6 ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint I did try but need to practice

  • @IamaDutch-Kiwi
    @IamaDutch-Kiwi6 ай бұрын

    How absolutely fun and informative. Yes I once said Besty-Co-ed ( as in high school), and many other really not politically correct others. I have been practicing and I hope to get more right on my next (dream on) trip to Wales. Thumbs up for this one you two. 👌🇳🇱🙋‍♀🇳🇿 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. We'll forgive you Betsy co Ed!! Fingers crossed you can make a trip soon (don't come this week though the weather is atrocious!!!) Cheers 🍻

  • @IamaDutch-Kiwi

    @IamaDutch-Kiwi

    6 ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint Oh sorry to hear about the weather- we are just having a lovely spell. Chilly but sunny. No it won't be before September. NZ first off to see the children. 👌

  • @wtc913
    @wtc9135 ай бұрын

    Your content is great, thanks for sharing it!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching 🍻

  • @CelineFerocious
    @CelineFerocious6 ай бұрын

    I’m so excited! I did a video like this for Massachusetts 😊

  • @CelineFerocious

    @CelineFerocious

    6 ай бұрын

    I’d love to visit the klanglocklin 💦 and have a cheeky pint 🍻

  • @CelineFerocious

    @CelineFerocious

    6 ай бұрын

    I did recently learn about the longest name though that’s a wild one. They’re doing too much 😂

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahah that's brilliant!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    I know. It's mainly for the tourists! No one calls it that. It's usually known as Llanfair PG!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Cheers for watching. Are there loads of weird place names in Massachusetts? 🍻

  • @markcharles3969
    @markcharles39695 ай бұрын

    Loved this. Thanks from sunny rhyl pronounced "Liverpool South "

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! It was the choice park of the northwest in the day. Cheers🍻

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Haha, cheers!!! We have a couple of Rhyl vids if you’re interested 🤘

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Is Rhyl Really That Bad? - A North Wales Vlog kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3lrsbadqc7bmrw.html

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Rhyl North Wales - Is It Worth A Visit? - Air Show Day Vlog kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoqMsrR8ZbG6odY.html

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    We Ended Up In Rhyl North Wales - Adventure Challenge Vlog kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKKLqZShqMqXo8Y.html

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan29786 ай бұрын

    I give up. If I visit, I’m just going to drag Will around with me to do my talking.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha I think once you've been schooled here it's inbuilt! Once you've learnt the alphabet it's a lot easier to read Welsh than English!

  • @WITYTRAVELS
    @WITYTRAVELS6 ай бұрын

    Hopefully Google Maps doesn't spit at us when we are in Wales. Ready for the dragon's hiss though! Wills looked like he enjoyed eating that fly! Double D is more than just a bra size 🤪Didn't think we would learn a new language today. Great work!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Ooo when are you in Wales guys? Do let us know as we'd love to meet up. Were glad you enjoyed this. We hope it's helpful when you visit. Cheers 🍻

  • @WITYTRAVELS

    @WITYTRAVELS

    6 ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint one day! Come on, you know we'll coordinate that trip with you before we plan it.

  • @ShaneNixonFamily
    @ShaneNixonFamily5 ай бұрын

    Weird. It is almost like it is a foreign language. I hate to admit but I was LLing and DDing and CHing along with you. I haven't had me gob full of that much spit since... a long time ago. Heck, I almost swallowed. Harden reminded me of a bit from Monty Python's Meaning of Life. Poor ol' Gellert didn't have two dicks did he. Poor pupper. This was an absolute pearler. Far out, you two are just nailing it! 😍🤩

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear you gave our double letters a good tongue bashing so to speak! I hope you didn't spit spray your tv! Hawarden is an absolute corker! We're glad you enjoyed this's vid, we enjoyed making it. Cheers 🍻

  • @lindas2485
    @lindas24855 ай бұрын

    Great fun! Any chance of South Wales place names? Eg Tyr Llyr, Pontarddulais, Penclawydd...

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We'd love to do that and I've added it to our list. Our problem at the moment is we only get one day off a week so it's not possible to get down to. South wales and back in a day! But as I said it's now on the list and we'd love to make that one day. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @selecttoursnyc7787
    @selecttoursnyc77874 ай бұрын

    This is super helpful! I stayed at Gladstone Library in Hawarden last year (will pass through again next month) and had no idea of the correct pronunciation. You basically don’t touch on the “w” in Welsh words? How would you pronounce Trefriw? “Trev ri”?

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    4 ай бұрын

    Hawarden is actually the English word - it's Penerlag in Welsh. We just think it's funny and it's so often pronounced wrong! I think the closest phonetic saying of Trefriw I can give is Trev roo!! Thanks so much for watching our video and taking time to comment. Cheers 🍻

  • @AliHaidari1343
    @AliHaidari13435 ай бұрын

    Big like very nice video L and sub

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. We're glad you enjoyed it 🍻

  • @Caz366
    @Caz3665 ай бұрын

    I live in ys mon Llangefni hellos 👋

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    Hello!! Thanks for watching. We visited Llangefni in one of our videos, I think it was back in the summer when we got stood up by Bardsey island and went onto Yns Mon instead! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @iforwilliams2509
    @iforwilliams25092 ай бұрын

    Da iawn. Mor hawdd.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    2 ай бұрын

    Diolch! 🍻

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan29786 ай бұрын

    Don’t they film several movies in Wales?

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Loads and TV shows!

  • @theresabigwideworld2632
    @theresabigwideworld26326 ай бұрын

    Well I discovered I've been pronouncing the name LLewellyn wrong!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching. No Llewellyn can't be spelt with the two lots of double L or just the one at the beginning! Whatever the spelling we tend to only use the first LL as the sounded one! Maybe you've found an exception to the rule or we've been wrong!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @theresabigwideworld2632

    @theresabigwideworld2632

    5 ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint Google is wrong then, I googled the spelling as I couldn't remember how to spell it other than it had 2 Ls at the beginning.🤥

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    5 ай бұрын

    @@theresabigwideworld2632 sorry, it was a typo, we meant Llewelyn can be spelt with 2 L’s or 1 in the middle of the word, but is always spelt with 2 L’s at the beginning, - Llewellyn or Llewelyn, always 2 at the beginning. Oops haha x

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby87426 ай бұрын

    😆🔥👏🤩 Like deployed 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Cheers 🍻

  • @jameshumphreys9715
    @jameshumphreys97154 ай бұрын

    Teeth together on ll ?

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    4 ай бұрын

    Works best for us! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @grapesodatravels
    @grapesodatravels6 ай бұрын

    Hilarious AND educational! Cheers you two! We already knew Llanddwyn Island as we often see it on @jamespopsys videos 📷😀

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching. We're glad you enjoyed it. Oo we don't know him. We'll have to check out that channel. Cheers 🍻

  • @billyb5057
    @billyb50576 ай бұрын

    guess the welsh place names can be tough to get right we kind of have a similar problem in Australia with aboriginal place names guess just have to master it if you live there *📶full watch☑Au🦘👍thumbs up 👍*

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    6 ай бұрын

    We'd be interested to see and hear some of the aboriginal places for sure. One day hopefully. Cheers for watching 🍻