Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

by **Pesda** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:25 am

OMGeverynameistaken wrote:
Luveria wrote:How do you pronounce that?

It's Welsh, you can't pronounce it unless you were either born there or are a sheep.

Also, this.

by **Mediobogdum** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:26 am

At one time Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch was most famous as having the longest name for a place in the world but believe that this title now rests with a hill in New Zealand and has 85 letters:

Taumatawhakatangi hangakoauauotamateaturi pukakapikimaungahoronu kupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

But the longest place name in the world (with no hyphens) where people live is still:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndro bwllllantysiliogogogoch

Been there and stood on platforms and had friends take a photo!

by **The Whispers** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:26 am

Surfistan wrote:Wales, the water supply of the nation.

Err to be honest almost everywhere that isn't the South-East of England is "the water supply of the nation". "The Nation" meaning people who are all 'ah naah I dun fink we can wa'er the lawn this week, Tess'.

by **Astralsideria** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:27 am

Ifreann wrote:
Astralsideria wrote:Just a couple of quick points, as a Welshman: 1) If you're translating "Llanfair" as "St. Mary's Church" (and, tick, VG, to that), then you probably ought to have translated "Llantysilio" as "St. Tysilio's Church";...

Wait, he was translating the name? I thought he was trying to say what the town was famous for...

You may be right, I concede, but everything other than "Llantysilio" was also translated. Many Welsh toponyms, especially of smaller places, tend to be descriptive; you'll get things like "Betws-y-Coed," which is "Prayerhouse-in-the-Woods," or "Aberystwyth," which is "Ystwyth-mouth". And realistically, as you said, it's famous for its long name, not for the various stuff that gave it its name.

by **Ifreann** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:28 am

OMGeverynameistaken wrote:
Luveria wrote:How do you pronounce that?

It's Welsh, you can't pronounce it unless you were either born there or are a sheep.

And even then it's a struggle.

by **Astralsideria** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:29 am

Ifreann wrote:
OMGeverynameistaken wrote:It's Welsh, you can't pronounce it unless you were either born there or are a sheep.

And even then it's a struggle.

That marvellous and very true line from Blackadder: "Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You'll come away with half a pint of phlegm in your hair..."

by **Phocidaea** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:29 am

Luveria wrote:How do you pronounce that?

Like this

It sounds to my Anglophone ears like "sanfirepushkoongeshgogaircurrentropossansiciliogogogoh". Damned Welsh.

by **Surfistan** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:30 am

The Whispers wrote:
Surfistan wrote:Wales, the water supply of the nation.

Err to be honest almost everywhere that isn't the South-East of England is "the water supply of the nation". "The Nation" meaning people who are all 'ah naah I dun fink we can wa'er the lawn this week, Tess'.

Maybe called it the Drowned Isles.

So, kids aren't born with raincoats on?

by **Of the Quendi** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:32 am

They adopted that name to become a center of tourism? I like Welsh humor.

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:32 am

The Whispers wrote:
Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:Actually I recall reading about this before...took it to be a Battle Royal rip off...

It's more like that one with the Minotaur etc.

There's quite a few of those...

by **Pesda** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:34 am

Of the Quendi wrote:They adopted that name to become a center of tourism? I like Welsh humor.

No.

by **Forster Keys** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:36 am

Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:
Forster Keys wrote:
I forgot you weren't a teenager.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games

Get orft me lawrn!!

Actually I recall reading about this before...took it to be a Battle Royal rip off...

Really quite correct there. Teenagers fight for sport in a dystopian setting.

by **Luveria** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:44 am

Forster Keys wrote:
Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:
Get orft me lawrn!!

Actually I recall reading about this before...took it to be a Battle Royal rip off...

Really quite correct there. ~~Teenagers~~ Chavs fight for ~~sport~~ entertainment in a dystopian setting.

Now you have the UK.

by **Battenburgia** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:54 am

Ifreann wrote:Don't lie, it's famous for it's ridiculously long name.

also for the first Womens' Institute (WI) meeting in England and Wales I'll have you know

used to live near there, there's bugger all there except the railway sign and a shop and coachloads of stereotypical wobbly American tourists in comedy clothes and wearing about 20 cameras :rofl:

by **Forster Keys** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:54 am

Luveria wrote:
Forster Keys wrote:
Really quite correct there. ~~Teenagers~~ Chavs fight for ~~sport~~ entertainment in a dystopian setting.

Now you have the UK.

by **Esternial** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:56 am

Sounds a bit like a drunk guy during a soccer match.

by **The Whispers** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:58 am

Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:
The Whispers wrote:It's more like that one with the Minotaur etc.

There's quite a few of those...

With the maze where they're like "Hi I am a teenager in a maze" "Hi we should hook up" "OK but I should kill this guy first" "OK" and then something tragic happens (this is my dull memory of this story).

by **Evil Lord Sauron** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:28 am

Battenburgia wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Don't lie, it's famous for it's ridiculously long name.

also for the first Womens' Institute (WI) meeting in England and Wales I'll have you know

used to live near there, there's bugger all there except the railway sign and a shop and coachloads of stereotypical wobbly American tourists in comedy clothes and wearing about 20 cameras

And Pringles.... (not the crisp type either) but that really old man's shop that sells ridiculous golf clothing.

Does have a few nice walks around it.

Also I demand an apology from the OP for claiming we are English!

by **Battenburgia** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:30 am

Evil Lord Sauron wrote:
And Pringles.... (not the crisp type either) but that really old man's shop that sells ridiculous golf clothing.

yes that's the shop I mentioned...actually it's quite nice in there, lots of stuff besides comedy clothes for americans. I used to do all my xmas shopping in there in one go.

yes lots of nice walks and beaches nearby, but the tourists just want to take a picture of the sign, buy a lurid pair of golf socks and go elsewhere. :lol2:

by **Fulflood** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:33 am

The Islands of Metanoia wrote:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a place in Wales England. It's famous for St. Marys Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave'.

The name was given in the nineteenth century, when it was desired a development of the community and its transformation into a commercial and tourism center.

Currently, I feel that Wales needs to reassert it's own identity vs Imperial London.
Anyway, I came to this forum to ask what your opinion of England is? Especially Wales?

Nah, seriously?
You can't actually think that.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:34 am

Hanglor wrote:Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu thats a place name

And the first line of a song by Quantum Jump.

by **The Serbian Empire** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:34 am

Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:Imperial London?

Fuck me...the summer fever has jumped the pond...

I think it's too many children on summer break.

by **Ainin** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:37 am

To the guy who named the town:

See that large button on your typewriter? It's a spacebar.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:39 am

Ainin wrote:To the guy who named the town:

See that large button on your typewriter? It's a spacebar.

I think they have bards instead of typewriters.

by **Genivaria** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:41 am

Did you just have a seizure on your keyboard?

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