| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 16, 2001, 20:12 |
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:>> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch>How the devil did they get that pronunciation? [i.e., /KanvaIrpidzi/]LLANFAIRPwllGwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ^^^^^^^^^ ^ Seems to be a simple abbreviation, like Prince Georges County, which is, locally, almost invariably pronounced /pidzi/. Padraic.>Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
| Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |