Actually a Welsh speaker would pronounce it *Tre* /(to rhyme with hen) -/vor /(to rhyme with knot),/ with a proper 't' sound at the beginning, both the rrrr's rolled/trilled and the emphasis on the first syllable. (What I mean by a proper 't' sound is that in English we often pronounc the 't' in a 'tr' combination like English 'ch' - so, for example, 'train' is often pronounced 'chrain'. But in Welsh it's a proper 't', so you have to make the 'tr' sound right on the tip of your tongue.) 'Trevor' is an Anglicised spelling of the Welsh place-name 'Trefor', which is pronounced as described above. There's no 'v' in Welsh - single 'f' gives a 'v' sound, double 'ff' gives the sound we represent in English as 'f'. I know of two villages called Trefor/Trevor, both in North Wales, and there may well be others. The two I know of are 1) just to the east of Llangollen, 2) on the North Coast of the Lly^n peninsula, round about where the peninsula starts. Hope this is helpful, Hwyl! Maria (in North Wales) On 30/06/2012 08:27, :- wrote: > Hi > > > I think a Welsh speaker would have pronounces it "Tree - f - orrrr" > > > Dr Tam > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janice Edwards <[email protected]> > To: eng-liverpool <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 1:57 > Subject: [ENG-LIV] The surname of "Trevor" > > > Can someone in Liverpool on this list give me a pronunciation of the above > surname? > > Would it appear reasonable that when going through Customs it might have > been transposed into "Taylor" from its pronunciation by a person of Welsh > heritage and a US customs agent writing what they thought they heard? > > Thanks. > Janice > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >