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Tomliner
Red Arrows
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by Tomliner » 02 Jun 2011, 21:21
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogoch......."is the name of a Welsh town" TRUE
On a beautiful summer's day, two foregn tourists were driving through Wales
Upon arriving atLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogoch,they stopped for lunch, and one of the tourists asked the waitress………….
“Before we order, I wonder if you could settle an argument for us.
Can you pronounce where we are, very, very, very slowly?”
The girl leaned over and said................“Burrr Gurrr King."
I know it's stupid but for that reason alone it could be so true
EricT
Now at the age where I know I like girls but can't remember why!
Tako_Kichi
Concorde
Posts: 1666 Joined: 12 Oct 2007, 19:39
Location: SW Ontario, Canada (ex-pat Brit)
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by Tako_Kichi » 03 Jun 2011, 04:03
Cute but you got the spelling wrong!
Try....
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch
You were missing one of the <go's> at the end.
A former good friend and neighbour when I lived in the UK was born just a few miles from there. She regularly went shopping in Llanfair PG until she left the island and moved to my town.
Larry
steelsporran
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by steelsporran » 03 Jun 2011, 05:38
Tako_Kichi wrote: Cute but you got the spelling wrong!
It's
steelsporran
airboatr
Red Arrows
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by airboatr » 03 Jun 2011, 05:53
wow what a name for a town.
I doubt I could pronounce it, but then again, I might be able to slur it out after drinking 12 pints of the black stuff.
That jokes been used with a town here in Florida called Kissimme . The correct pronunciation is Kiss-sim-me.
The confused think it's. Kiss-
-me.
Garry Russell
The Ministry
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Location: On the other side of the wall
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by Garry Russell » 03 Jun 2011, 07:36
airboatr wrote: :-
I doubt I could pronounce it.
You colonials have enough trouble with English
Garry
"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."
WhisperJet
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by WhisperJet » 03 Jun 2011, 08:53
Relax with this nice little village here in Austria, much easier to spell for you gentlemen....
Best,
Nick
Noise Abatement? Never.
(D. Maltby)
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 03 Jun 2011, 08:57
Can't think what that might say
Garry
"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."
AndyG
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Location: Sarf London
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by AndyG » 03 Jun 2011, 09:51
As Al Murray says "What's up with the French? They have a town called "Brest", yet none of them find it funny"!
The whole Llanfair ...... name things is a bit of a con; it was originally just known as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll but the name as we know it today was cobbled together in 1860 as an early example of a publicity stunt, to ensure they had the longest railway station nameplate in Britain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 03 Jun 2011, 10:39
At the north end of the Panama Canal is the town of Colon
Garry
"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."