READERS have been getting in touch to share their views on which places in north Wales they think are the hardest to pronounce.

Pronouncing the names of Welsh villages, town and communities has been an age-old struggle for many - both for those who live here and for those visiting the area.

Google has revealed the 26 place names in the UK that accrue more than 1,000 searches for pronunciation help each year.

Among them were; Edinburgh, Worcester, Marylebone, Bicester, Greenwich and Loughborough.

But, what about those places more local to us? Well, when we put the question out to our north Wales readers last week, here's what they came up with.

Sue Roberts said: "When we were kids visiting relatives we used to call Cefn-Y-Bedd, 'seven in a bed'!"

Norman Jones agreed saying; "Cefn-y -bedd - I was once asked where 'seven in a bed' was by an English man."

Craig Trow added: "I probably pronounce Cefn-y-bedd wrong. I say it like Kevin E Bathe."

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David Price told us: "Pontcysyllte. I’ve lived around and about it over 4/5ths of my life and I still have trouble pronouncing it properly!"

Dan Large said: "Clan goc lin (Llangollen)."

Lainey Ellis added: "Pwllheli - my friend from Liverpool calls it Puella and she's in her 50's."

Janet Hodges wrote: "English people find it very hard to pronounce Welsh names, and why wouldn't they, unless you're born and bred in Wales like us it's difficult. I met a man a couple of years ago and he said he'd been to Lay, but he meant Llay."

Lyn Wakefield said: "When people pronounce Betws-y-Coed as Betsy-Co-Ed!"

Beth Williams added: "Penymynydd. The amount of people when I phone companies who say Pen-why-min-why-d."

Helen Harrison said: "Abermorddu is quite hard for some."

Geraint Jones told us: " Many people seem to say the place-names incorrectly here. It’s actually painful to hear people say ‘Gwurrr-silt’ (Gwersyllt) , ‘Cugirly’ (Caergwrle) and ‘Riddymoo-in’ (Rhydymwyn) and ‘Sucked-in’ (Sychdyn/Soughton)."