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th: as in thistle (never then)

Vowels тАФ as in English, but with the general lightness of short vowel sounds:

a: as in father

e: as in met (when long, as in late)

i: as in pin (long, as in eat)

o: as in not

u: as in pin (long, as in eat)

w: a 'double-u,' as in vacuum, or tool; but becomes a consonant before vowels, as in the name Gwen

y: as in pin; or sometimes as 'u' in but (long as in eat)

(As you can see, there is not much difference in i, u, and y тАФ they are virtually identical to the beginner)

AccentтАФ normally is on the next to last syllable, as in Di-gan-hwy

DiphthongsтАФ each vowel is pronounced individually, so

Taliesin= Tallyessin

AtlanteanтАФ Ch=kh, so Chads is Khar-iss i



Ten rings there are, and nine gold tores

on the battlechiefs of old;

Eight princely virtues, and seven sins

for which a soul is sold;

Six is the sum of earth and sky,
 of all things meek and bold;

Five is the number of ships that sailed

from Atlantis lost and cold;

Four kings of the Wester lands were saved,

three kingdoms now behold;

Two came together in love and fear,