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Mr Blue Sky wrote:Msmurf wrote:On the subject of Llandaf I am fully in favour of using a standardised Welsh spelling like this to avoid unneccesay translations....I remember all the arguments in the 60s about Llanelli vs Llanelly.... In a few years time everyone will be used to the spelling of Llandaf which will continue to be mispronounced by Cardiffians as Landaff. ..and most other Welsh (English and Welsh speakers) as Llandaff...and only a few purists correctly saying Llandaf.
We should drop all unnecessary alternatives such as Pencoed/Pen-coed even though they may be strictly correct...It just makes us look petty. But it does mean we should adopt more single Welsh spellings such as Caerffili.
I've sat in many a "Cardiff Plaid" meeting and been picked up on my pronunciation of Llandaff by non-Cardiffians. In Cardiff we say LANduf. The Welsh speakers pronounce it llanDAF. To be corrected on how to pronounce a part of my home city by people from outside the city is completely ridiculous. It epitomises the deep divide that exists between Welsh speakers and the rest of us.
I totally agree. Where I grew up we pronounced it canton but some idiots try and tell you it's pronounced pontcanna.