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DanMc FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)

Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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The locals don't of course call it by it's full name. Most commonly it's Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.
Pronounciation has already been mentioned, but fair is pronounced fire, so to the extent that it's possible to describe sounds in print, the usual name is something like
thlan-fire-poothl. |
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Rebman You Go Girl (100+ Posts)
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 109
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| DanMc wrote: |
The locals don't of course call it by it's full name. Most commonly it's Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.
Pronounciation has already been mentioned, but fair is pronounced fire, so to the extent that it's possible to describe sounds in print, the usual name is something like
thlan-fire-poothl. |
Not quite correct. 'Fair' is pronounced 'vire' as 'f' is always pronounced 'v'. |
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DanMc FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)

Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| DanMc wrote: |
The locals don't of course call it by it's full name. Most commonly it's Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.
Pronounciation has already been mentioned, but fair is pronounced fire, so to the extent that it's possible to describe sounds in print, the usual name is something like
thlan-fire-poothl. |
Not quite correct. 'Fair' is pronounced 'vire' as 'f' is always pronounced 'v'. |
Yes, I was forgetting that.
I know a tiny bit of Welsh but I'm certainly not even close to fluent. |
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lunaticbusdriver Hello. I am New! Talk to Me

Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Wales
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Of course the main thing is obviously no one who has posted has ever been there......
Despite being internationally renowned as one of the longest place names in the world.
Taumata whaka tangi hanga koauau o tamatea turi pukakapi ki maunga horo nuku poka i whenua kitana tahu translates as the 'place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as land-eater, played his flute to his loved one'. This is the place name recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as it is often written without spaces.....
Back to the point, if you've ever been to LlanfairPG you'd know there is no Burger King there.... in fact there is about 6 houses and a post officce...  |
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