How do you pronounce the Welsh surname "Prytherch" ?

[davidbohl]

Looking at Pte #332160 John Hanley KLR who died on this day 11th Oct.

His mother got married as Frances Predrick and as she was illiterate I'm guessing she had a phonetic surname.

I found an 1871 census on Anglesey with father George and daughter Frances Prytherch.

I'm hoping I've got the correct family

thanks

Dave

From Anc

 

 

 

Edited 11 October , 2021 by davidbohl

[johnboy]

With difficulty and a lot of spittal

[clive_hughes]

Also seen spelled "Prydderch".   Yes, difficult to explain exactly.   

Two syllables anyway.   Try "Pry.."  as in Pr.. with the ..y like the u in u(pper) or u(gh!).   Then "...therk" .   Just put them together without undue stressing of either part, just as in a name like Will-iams or Rob-erts.   Pru-therk.  That'll do.  

 

[Buffnut453]

Had a mate when I was in uniform with the surname Prytherick which was pronounced "Pritheric" with short "i" sounds.  He was known as Pyrotechnic.  Not sure any of this helps with the original question.  Maybe I should just lie down.  

[davidbohl]

11 hours ago, clive_hughes said:

Pru-therk

got it... thanks Clive

[sassenach]

I knew someone with that name, and she pronounced it "Prither" i.e. to rhyme with zither.

[MikeyH]

As a variation, knew a Prytarch family in Lancashire in the 1950's,  pronounced as Pritharch.

Mike.

 

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

2 hours ago, sassenach said:

I knew someone with that name, and she pronounced it "Prither" i.e. to rhyme with zither.

 That's  often done, but it's  wrong I'm afraid. It should rhyme with 'other'.

And that's without the phlegmatic '-chhhh'.

[Thomas Jones]

Prydderch pronounciation

Try this, it's pretty accurate:

https://cy-audio.howtopronounce.com/15801944725e2fdaa8c5dd5.mp3

'Pry' = 'Pruh'

'dde' = exactly like 'There'

'ch' = like the ch in Loch, or the k in the scouse 'book'