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Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: bear on March 09, 2008, 22:41:47 PM
(http://www.daveexmachina.com/pix/IMGP3345.JPG)
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: Sam on March 09, 2008, 23:46:17 PM
Is that real ?
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: bear on March 09, 2008, 23:53:29 PM
I think so I have seen long indian names in the US before.
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: Jaimz on March 10, 2008, 02:32:16 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/national/20lake.html?_r=1&oref=slogin its a real place.

Reckon its easier on the tongue than llanvair...

Jaimz :rock:
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: bear on March 10, 2008, 07:10:41 AM
I f it hadnt been for the signup to new york times I wouldve listened to how it sounds :)
Title: Re:Worse than welsh ?
Post by: DEViANCE on March 10, 2008, 07:21:25 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_station_sign_%28cropped_version_1%29.jpg)
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: bear on March 10, 2008, 08:13:52 AM
Holy ...t  !!!! that is 13 letters more, welsh is the worst :) but does it have song written with that name in it ?

Anyway as I am so good with welsh I tell ya that it means:

"Saint Marys Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave"

QuoteThe name of this world-famous station and village was created in the early 19th century by a local humourist," says Tourists to Wales (http://www.walestourism.uk.com).

"The station of Llanfair PG (the usual abbreviation) was the first on Anglesey, and opened in 1848. After a 20-year closure in 1973 to 1993, it re-opened in 1994 having been restored... During your visit you could also have lunch in the Sidings Restaurant."

An English website, Go! Britannia, says: "Thousands of visitors are attracted yearly to photograph its famous 15-ft long sign found on the railway station platform... (A little secret: as many double letters in English are regarded as single letters in Welsh, the name has only 51 letters)."

Internet sites normally have a maximum of 28 letters but the rules were bent for L56h. Its website says the village was known until the 19th century as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll - St Marys church near the pool by the white hazels. To encourage train travellers to stop off, a cobbler suggested stretching the name. Local author John Williams believes that a tailor coined the tongue-twisting name to confuse the English. The website is at:

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/

and why have a fence with a name sign that long ? :)

This mountain in thailand seems to have record though, "Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharn
amornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit."

http://www.thailandlife.com/ericshackle/placename.html

and something for nexus to go see :)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Taumata_sign_2006.jpg)
Title: Re:Worse than welsh ?
Post by: Cypher on March 11, 2008, 00:46:59 AM
FFS anyone can make up a name just to be the longest. :D

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See, there I win.  :cheers:
Title: Worse than welsh ?
Post by: knighty on March 11, 2008, 00:54:07 AM
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mines longer !

(and Im alowed to put numbers in it, Im dyslexic, anyone arguing against it is infringing on my human rights!)