I was making
a reservation over the phone with a B&B in Drumheller this morning. As my
last name isn’t very common, after giving it out of habit, I immediately gave the spelling
of it. The owner chuckled in amusement as he pronounced his last name the same
way but used the French (or more probably Breton) spelling rather than the Welsh
spelling of my family. My last name is rather ordinary Welsh word which has its'
equivalent in Breton which is a closely related language. That last name is not
uncommon in Quebec but is pronounced in Quebec French rather less pleasantly to
the ear than my last name, at least in my opinion.
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