[nodisharmony]

Has anybody visited the small town of:-

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

It's in Wales you know.

Link and story here:-

http://teachingtreasures.com.au/stud...s/Llanfair.htm





Almost the longest town name in the world.

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If you ever go to Wales in the United Kingdom you would be missing out on a good laugh, not going to a small town called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch. Many of the people are very proud of their little town and its name. If you ask one of them to pronounce the name of their town, they are usually happy to oblige. Most people visiting would have a lot of trouble saying the name and I'm sure the locals have a good laugh at some of the attempts to pronounce the name. Many people visiting are intrigued when they hear the locals say the name.

Originally the town had a shorter, easier to pronounce name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. 'I think I would still have trouble pronouncing that'!

In the 1860s, more syllables were added to attract more visitors to the town. It is believed the name was officially conjured up by the village council, intentionally for the privilege and reputation of having the longest railway station name in Great Britain.

Do you think you could pronounce the name properly? The name is usually shortened to Llanfair P.G.

Llanfair P.G. is not very far from Caernarfon Castle, one of the largest castles in Wales. Well worth a visit.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch means; "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave."

Many people from Wales emigrated all over the world. My Nana was born in Wales in 1902 she emigrated to Australia in 1908 she died in 2003 how long do you think she lived? Long names must go with long lives!

Did you know that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch is not the longest town name in the world? Thailand has a town whose name has 163 letters:

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnop- paratrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamorn phimarnavatarnsathit- sakkattiyavisanukamprasit.

Visit the web sites below to find out more about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch.



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[andybigbro]

Nope never Been to Wales,.............but WOW that a Long Name

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by andybigbro
Nope never Been to Wales,.............but WOW that a Long Name

It's very famous, for just being so long, andybigbro.

But when I went to that website and saw the Thailand town with 163 letters in it.

I was shocked even more


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[lily.]

My Dad was there 2 years ago.

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by Stropz
My Dad was there 2 years ago.

Can he say the town's name fluently, Linda?

Can you?




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[lily.]

No

and No.

[Ruth*Star]

God thats a long name, a really long name.

[nodisharmony]

I couldn't even try to say it? Ruth.El

Also, as the town has such a long name, when members click on, "Todays Posts", it has extended the screen-page so wide and is annoying to all, and we all have to expand our window to see the whole page and the last member who has posted on each thread is virtually pushed off the screen to the right. Very Annoying!!!

So, I have stuck a space and a hyphen in the word and the "todays posts" has shrunk back down to it's usual size.

Sorry for the temporary inconvenience



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[Mrluvaluva]

I visited it once a few years back. It has a small railway station with an old steam train.

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by MrLuvaLuva
I visited it once a few years back. It has a small railway station with an old steam train.

I think that people would visit it, solely because of it's long name and other than that, no other reason?

I'll pass on the idea


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[Sophii3x]

Yup, iv'e been to Llanfair PG. I have friends there.
The name is soo easy to pronounce! I think non-welsh speakers find it hard becuase there are alot of CH and LL in it.

[Di2001]

I've been there - twice!

[Benjamin]

I was going to post a thread on this, but since there already is one I'll just bump instead.

[InOne]

This thread stretched the page

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by InOne

This thread stretched the page

Not any more

[Locke.]

How on earth do you even say that

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Locke.

How on earth do you even say that

Youtube video

[Locke.]

Sounds like something a 2 month old would come out with when they are trying to talk

[Omah]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

Yeah, loads of times - I used to live on Ffordd-y-Llan in Llysfaen, Llandulas, near Bae Colwyn .....

[Chuck]

It sounds like Kemal praying.

[Benjamin]

[MB.]

Originally Posted by chuck.pass

It sounds like Kemal praying.

[CharlieO]

They had to learn that word in BB7. I can pronounce it

[arista]

Originally Posted by ukturtle

I was going to post a thread on this, but since there already is one I'll just bump instead.

Why was the Poster banned?

[Stu]

Because we had a big, massive scandal where he was suspected of being a sexual predator and then he was banned and we were all told not to talk about how he was banned for being a possible sexual predator. Possibly on young people.