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Re: CHAT: silly names

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Friday, March 16, 2001, 18:05
> > > >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/ -------ferko Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ 25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz

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