Dover The Port of Dover provides much of the town's employment, as does tourism. First recorded in its Latinised form of "Portus Dubris", the name derives from the Brythonic word for waters ("dwfr" in Middle Welsh. The same element is present in the town's French ("Douvres") and Modern Welsh ("Dofr") forms (though the modern Welsh name is in fact a borrowing from, and an adaptation of, the English name Dover), as well as the name of the river Dour and is evident in other English towns such as Wendover. The current name was in use at least by the time of
Port Talbot English Port Talbot English Port Talbot English (PTE) is a variety of Welsh English spoken in Port Talbot, generally by the working class. Consonants in Port Talbot English generally follow those of Received Pronunciation. Some phonological characteristics of consonants specific to PTE include: Diphthongs of PTE are . words are mostly pronounced with , but there also exists a marginal which appears in a small number of words, such as "Dai" and "aye". PTE, like Welsh dialects such as Abercraf English, has preserved several diphthong–monophthong distinctions that other varieties have not. They include: The rest only applies for some speakers: Examples