Re: CHAT: silly names
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 16, 2001, 20:12 |
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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
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