Speaking 'properly' or not
Joe Bento
joseph at kirtland.com
Fri Apr 8 13:15:46 UTC 2005
Ahhhh!
Literally, "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazal
near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red
cave."
As stated in the town's official website. It even has a sound file
to hear the proper pronounciation. It would take years to get that
right! My next door neighbor is Welch. I should ask her to
pronounce the name.
See (the longest url on the web)
http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.
uk/
Now, since Pink Floyd did a song, "Several Species of Small Furry
Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict,"
shouldn't we naturally have a single word for it?
Joe
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin"
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:
> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch..?
> (It's best to only attempt the correct pronunciation with a really
> bad throat infection - sadly, I heard that it's been officially
> shortened to Llanfairpwll.)
>
> Dung
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