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geardaddy

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11. Welsh doesn't have the thorn and eth
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 02:58 PM
Aug 2022

but does have digraphs that have those sounds - Th - voiceless th as in "thin" and Dd - voiced th as in "this"

You might actually pick up some words in Welsh, since there are some English borrowings, they're just pronounced in a very Welsh way.

And a lot of first language Welsh speakers often switch to English briefly, since they are truly bilingual.

Actually "car" is one of the words that the English borrowed. It is actually a Celtic word and we also see it's influence in "cart."

If you're listening for it, it will be pronounced with a heavily rolled R at the end.

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