Vince Pinto Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Two American tourists were driving through Wales. At Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, they stopped for lunch and one of the tourists said to the waitress, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are ..... very slowly?" The blonde waitress leaned over and said, "Burrr-gurrr-Kinngg..."
Dead Buff Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Can someone please make a recording of the pronunciation for that railway stations name and mail it to me (not burrr-gurrr-kiiingggg) ============
ErikW Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Paging kdj, paging "I'm not English!" kdj... Little known fact, several popular songs about this town were reworked in production and later became famous with names of other places: Stan Getz, Girl from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch Tony Bennet, I Left My Heart in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch Led Zeppelin, Goin' to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch Warren Zevon, Werewolves of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch
short_round Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Don't forget the song made popular by Disney's Marry Poppins - Supercali-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch-expealidoscious
spook Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Little known fact, several popular songs about this town were reworked in production and later became famous with names of other places: Erik, yes I know. I love Frank Sinatra's "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch"
Merlin Orr Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 W T effffnn "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch."
diehli Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 W T effffnn "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch." New York, New York
Vince Pinto Posted November 10, 2004 Author Posted November 10, 2004 Can someone please make a recording of the pronunciation for that railway stations name ... Help yourself here. (Left-Click to play or Right Click and "Save Target As" to save it).
diehli Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Can someone please make a recording of the pronunciation for that railway stations name ... Help yourself here. (Left-Click to play or Right Click and "Save Target As" to save it). Okay... did you just summon Satan to Earth? That was f@#$in' creepy, man!
paraman1 Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Dont forget that favorite childrens tune ... John Jacob Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch ! His name is my name too whenever we go out , the people scream and shout John Jacob Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch !
DA45acp Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 OK, we now know how to say it..... BUT what the hell does it mean.....
Dead Buff Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 It sounds like an innocent children's story on LP played backwards.... Anyone know where this place is exactly?
Skywalker Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 Y'all need to learn Googling... http://www.nwt.co.uk/english/anglesey/llanfairpg.htm It's in Wales, some 100Km SW from Liverpool: Its name means: "The Church of St Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near a red cave, although it is usually shortened to Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P.G." As you might notice, that's kinda Llan-land over there...
short_round Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 Okay... did you just summon Satan to Earth?That was f@#$in' creepy, man! No kidding. I'm going to have bad dreams now.
kdj Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 I'm prepared to bet that it wasn't Vince's voice in that recording! I don't see what the big deal is, since the pronounciation is obvious given that Welsh is phoenetic I delight in answering the "Place of birth" question for id. I usually say "Would you recognise it even if I said it" In that town, there's only 8 letters with 2 "english" vowels, both of which come at the end, but the LLs, Ws, Ys, RH, ... seem to confuse Americans Kevin
bobert1 Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 And here's the translation.......This Welsh town actually exists and its name translates as "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".
kdj Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 It exists but it's pretty much just a train station with a large sign and a gift shop! I have a few T-shirts from there that I'll have to remember to wear to the next major match I shoot so I can be picked out from the crowd Kevin
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