teachers from many of the dialectual regions, and so was taught different pronunciations. Thus it would appear that you correctly surmised that the difference is at least in part dialectual. Naturally, there is a "correct" way of saying it, probably only used by learners and lecturers. I have a feeling thatt this is the "i" as in "tiger" or "y" as in "by". I have only rarely heard anyone actually say it. However, I have heard, and myself use the "ei" as in "eight", which has the added bonus of sounding nothing like the "ai" sound, which I have been told should be pronounced like the " in "tiger". A teacher I had from the north whilst I was only just starting, taught to say "ei" as "ee" as in "keep", which pronunciation I still use for words such as "eisiau" which he had us pronounce "eesho" with a short "o" as in "shot". Having just read back over this message, I see that I missed out the example atached to "tiger" last used. It should of course have read "i", not just a " ..... Beth bynnag, ddymuniadau gorau gyda 'ch Cymraeg chi, Jason, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Dyfed. (Lampeter) Post Scriptum: By the way, what book are you using?