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Hi. I am delighted to be recording the audiobook of your novel The de Lacy Inheritance. I am prepared to record it later this coming week but despite a lot of research I have not been able to find the pronunciation of Cliderhou and Wallei. I would be so grateful if you could let me know how you pronounce them. My guess for the first would be CLIDDER-hoo but I don’t know. And for the second WAL-ei (the ei to rhyme with day). I am really enjoying the novel! Thanks so much. Gordon Griffin
Hello Gordon! What exciting news. I knew there was going to be an audiobook and I’m delighted that you’re going to read it and that you’re taking such trouble to get it right. The names of Wallei and Cliderhou are the medieval names of the towns of Whalley and Clitheroe so I think similar pronunciations to the modern day equivalents will be best. Wallei – should be pronounced ‘Wall’ as in the wall of a building followed by a ‘ee’ sound, but not a long one – think of an ‘ly’ sound on the end of a word. Cliderhou is ‘clidder’ as you suggest but with ‘how’ sound at the end. I’m not sure if those were the correct medieval pronunciations but it’s how I ‘heard’ them in my head when I was writing the book.