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16th February 2015, 09:27 PM
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UK Tourist Attractions Get Mandarin Makeover
Towns and Cities get makeover for Chinese tourists.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilil iogogogoch.
Healthy Lung Village.......because people get puffed out saying it
F.
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16th February 2015, 11:01 PM
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Re: UK Tourist Attractions Get Mandarin Makeover
Some bleedin mouthful I must say!
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17th February 2015, 01:19 AM
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Doc,
I can still say that name! A Welsh cabin-mate patiently taught me how to say it and I've remembered it all these years. We won a few bets for me saying it. My mate would sucker guys in a bar getting them interested and trying to say it, and I would appear as an uninterested bystander. I would ask him to repeat it, close my eyes in deep concentration, then once more just a little slower and the pronounce I've got it. Money would get laid down, my mate would cover it and I would say it slowly—I'll write it phonetically. Clan-vwah-pwith-gwin- gill-goh-gerr-qwin-drop-lanti-silly-ogh-ohg-ohg-chh! Bummer! trying to say it slow in syllables is almost impossible. I may have missed an og or two.
If you can make out the young dude behind the railway sign, that's me at the tender age of 47. Our first trip to Europe after we retired.
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17th February 2015, 04:56 AM
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Re: UK Tourist Attractions Get Mandarin Makeover
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Frederick Lacey
Towns and Cities get makeover for Chinese tourists.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilil iogogogoch.
Healthy Lung Village.......because people get puffed out saying it
F.
Can that be served on toast???
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17th February 2015, 12:31 PM
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This thread reminds me of the old joke.
Two English chaps stop at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilil iogogogoch for a bite to eat. After the attractive blonde buxom waitress takes their order one of the chaps for a bet asks her to pronounce where they are. She sighed, put down her notepad and pen leaned over the table and replied burr gerrr kkinng
Last edited by gray_marian; 17th February 2015 at 12:33 PM.
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18th February 2015, 02:03 AM
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Maybe i could say that after a few G/T i might try it later as i have two of my Scotch friends staying with me for a couple of days
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18th February 2015, 11:12 AM
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Sorry Lou but it's in Wales, only the Welsh can pronounce it properly.!!!!!!!!!!!! F.
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18th February 2015, 10:10 PM
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Yes i know it is in Wales
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18th February 2015, 10:24 PM
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In South Walien we just say Llanfairpg. The name means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the fierce whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave"
K.
ADDED: Llanfairpwll - How to Say the Name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
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