General / Off-Topic Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-chwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Liam Dutton, weather presenter on the British chain Channel 4, pronounced without flinching 58 letters (40 consonants) of the longest city name of Europe.

[video=youtube;fHxO0UdpoxM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=fHxO0UdpoxM[/video]
 

Alien

Alien
Vitamin Arrr said:
But how do we *know* that he nailed the pronunciation?

I could tell he practiced though.
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My Dad was Welsh and he could say it, and I've had other Welsh people say it to me (to correct me) and I can confirm that is how it's supposed to be said.

Nagual said:
Want to try yourself?
http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/say.php
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My way of saying it is phonetically .... Lan[1] Fair Pull Gwyn Go Gery[2] Cheer Win Drob Will Lanty[1] Silly Go Go Goch[3]
[1] Has a double L sound, similar to a Scottish "ach"
[2] Has a hard G as in Google
[3] Has a ch sound just like a Scottish "ach"

The way I say it is not correct, but people know what word I am saying and it's impressive to those who can't say it.
 
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HailVectron

HailVectron
I'm Welsh, can say it, have also been there, and can confirm that he is saying it correctly. This was obviously done as a one off though, that town doesn't normally appear on weather forecasts! :)
 
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