Where did it come from?
It's Welsh. I was looking for a business name. I tried three
different names, and New York State told me (one by one) that they
were all used. Three months, $15 and much aggravation later I decided
to pick a name that *no one* would have thought of before. A friend
of mine is Welsh, and named his computers after the days of the week,
the months of the year, etc.
Well, rather than pick a euphonious but meaningless Welsh name, I
looked up Quaker in Welsh and
liked it. Hence Crynwr Software.
What does it mean?
Crynwr
is a singular masculine proper noun meaning "Quaker". The formal name
for Quakers is "The Religious Society of Friends". The plural of
Crynwr is Crynwyr.
How does Crynwr Software answer the phone?
Pronounce the y like the i in hit. Pronounce wr like "were" as in "we
were going to the store".
What is the official Welsh pronunciation of Crynwr?
It's pronounced *krun - oor*, with the stress on the 1st
syllable.
How the Welsh pronounce Crynwr?
There are various dialects within Wales.
Morien Roberts recorded his pronunciation for me [au][ogg]. If you're Welsh, and wish to
contribute your own, please do!