A: "Okay sir, now we just need to know you're from." B: "Wales." A: "Could you be more precise?" B: "I'm from _The Church of St. Mary in the Hollow of the White Hazel near to the Rapid Whirlpools and the Church of Tylisio and the Red Cave._ " A: "Wales it is."
@@alcazar123456 Unfortunately it's a language that has been in decline for hundreds of years, most people in Wales speak English. In fact it was illegal to use Welsh in court, so a native Welsh speaker who didn't speak anything else would not even have been able to defend themselves legally!
"I'm having a stroke!" "Okay, where are you right now?" "Uhh, I'm in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch" "Sounds like the stroke is kicking in"
Me: "where did you go during the holidays?" Friend: "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllchwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" Me: "is this 911? My friend is having a stroke".
Excellent Video! Love how all of the locals had their short interviews in answering questions about the town. It’s got such a homey feel and makes me want to visit!
My grandma first told me about the town and I ended up learning how to say if off by heart. I find it interesting how everyone who actually lives there tend to pronounce the name of the village slightly differently each time.
In Welsh, “LL” is a different sound than two “L”, so words can start or end with it. So in the name, “bwll” and “llan” happened to be right next to each other, causing a double-double-L!
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Anyone who has been to this town has to have a secret. A: Where are you from? B: I can't say it. C: How was your holiday? Where did you go? D: I can't say it.
I life in this town. How many others do that watch this video or live nearby? Locals know it as Llanfair its easier :) Plus I speak Welsh but writing the comment in Welsh would confuse people. O well dim och really. Rhoi chance I bobol cal y geiriadur allan a dysgu dip in de :)
It's difficult because some of the lettering is difficult for native English speakers to pronounce. For example LL, or CH. CH is sort of like the sound you might make if you were to try and move mucus from the back of your mouth/throat.. Or, like in old cowboy movies where they make a throat clearing sound then spit. LL is sort of like a hiss, exhaling outwards but flattening and lifting your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The sound comes from the air that is pushed from the sides of your mouth, against your cheeks and tongue..
The person who created this town name just flipped over a keyboard and bashed it on a table 4 times. I know the town was made in the 1860s and keyboard did not exist yet but I don't care.
@@ivyhealthcare5688 Because "ch" and "Ll" are counted as single letters in Welsh, its actually chogogogoilisytnallllwbordnrywchyregogllygnywgllwpriafnaLl
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i've been repeating taron egerton's pronounciation of this city over and over but I still cant even say past fair.. I mean how can you pronounce a series of consonants without a single vowel?? *mindblown
Isabella Corail Break it up into syllables. And btw w=u and y=i; so that is why Gwynn is pronounced as "gwihn" You'd be surprised how easy pronouncing multiple consonants together is once you get used to it.
Airport Worker: Where are you going to sir? Me: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch. Airport Worker: Can you um spell that for me please..
Now you should do the longest place name in the world Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu it’s a hill in New Zealand 🇳🇿 or the shortest place name in the world in North-west Norway 🇳🇴 which is called Å
0:26 and 2:19 It took me a good few minutes to track down the entire visible sign, but there it is, twice. Before the 4 L's, there shouldn't be a y there in the video title.
I'm from North Wales, the amount to of times I have been asked to say the name of this place by people since I moved away :') Also in conversation, both in English and Welsh, we tend to just refer to it as 'Llanfair' - best of luck to anyone trying to learn how to sat it from scratch!
I bet the town has great concerts composed by the famous german baroque musician Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
So nice to learn about the story! Have a cute picture with my mother in law in front of the very long sign at the train station there (and yes they took me there just for that picture hahaha)
That's the longest town name that I have seen. I love Wales it's a nice place, but when it comes to their language I don't understand anything unfortunately. Nice video. Thanks for sharing
