Re: Expedition 15 - Carneddau - Trip Reports



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W. D. Grey

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In article <[email protected]>, Paul Saunders
<[email protected]> writes
>Could it not be a regional difference? Llynnau Diwaunedd is not far
>away.

Maybe, but three dictionaries at least prefer Llynnoedd.

eg: Ardal y Llynnoedd - The Lake District.

I think it's the OS who've taken the poor option.
>
>Perhaps a special kind of plural, since the lakes in question run into
>one another?


I doubt if Welsh is that complicated.

One dictionary spells it out clearly:

Llynnoedd - mwy nag un Llyn

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