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Re: CHAT: silly names

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Friday, March 16, 2001, 22:31
> > > > > > > >But then, there's Wales...how the hell does that one go? All I can > > >remember is Llanfairpwll...gogogoch, I can't remember the middle. > > > > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > > Oh yeah I had forgotten about the 4 l's in a row... =) > > > > > Usually written _LlanfairPG_ & pronounced /KanvaIrpidzi/ with > fairly even > > stress on all four syllables. > > > > How the devil did they get that pronunciation? In my language it'll be > /taunwifbladelangne:m/ =) > > > I'm told some place in New Zealand has an even longer name. > > To use the one word I know in Cantonese: /tSi:sing/ >
Does that mean "crazy" or suchlike? In which case it would be pronounced more /tsi:si:n/. I'm not good at transcribing tones. Imperative

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Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>