DeskrifansEntering Ponthir from Llanfrechfa - geograph.org.uk - 1768474.jpg
English: Entering Ponthir from Llanfrechfa The B4236 Caerleon Road approaches the Ponthir boundary.
Although many names of Welsh origin have been anglicised locally (in pronunciation, spelling, or both), the local pronunciation of Ponthir is similar to how a Welsh speaker would say it. It is always pronounced 'pont-here', with the t and h separate, and never as the th in panther. Ponthir means long bridge (literally bridge long).
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a ranna – a dhasskrifa, lesranna ha treuskorra an ober
a gemyska – a aswiwa an ober
Yn-dann an ragselyow a syw:
askrifans – Res yw dhywgh ri askrifans gwiw, provia kevren dhe'n lecyans, ha meneges mar peu chanjyow gwrys. Hwi a yll gul hemma yn fordh resonus a vynnowgh, mes ny yllir y wul yn fordh a broffo synser an lecyans dh'agas skoodhya po agas devnydh.
ranna kehaval – Mar kwrewgh hwi chanjya, treusfurvya po drehevel war an ober ma, res yw dhywgh lesranna agas kevrohow yn-dann an keth lecyans hag an derowel, po lecyans kesplegadow.
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An restren ma a's teves kedhlow keworransel, dres lycklod keworrys dhyworth an kamera bysyel po an skanyer devnydhys rag hy gwruthyl po hy bysya. Mars yw chanjys an restren dhyworth hy studh gwredhek, possybyl yw na veu nebes manylyon nowedhys.