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My god, all this time I thought it was just random typing!
My god, all this time I thought it was just random typing!
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
- Thread starter The Sum of Awe
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That's easy for you to say.
MatthiasGould
Alhamdulillah!
I can pronounce this...
Alex_G
Enlightner of the Senses
Knowing it off by heart to whip out at dinner parties and the like is part of being Welsh
In fact most Welsh place names are a short descriptive sentences of salient features of the place. Its actually quite sensible way to name, albeit this one is a tad extreme.
For example im from Ystradgynlais which means 'Vale of Cynlais', Cynlais having been a person. Down the road is 'Pontardawe' which means 'bridge over the river Tawe'. Most of the placenames are intelligible in this way, rather than being some random word.
In fact most Welsh place names are a short descriptive sentences of salient features of the place. Its actually quite sensible way to name, albeit this one is a tad extreme.
For example im from Ystradgynlais which means 'Vale of Cynlais', Cynlais having been a person. Down the road is 'Pontardawe' which means 'bridge over the river Tawe'. Most of the placenames are intelligible in this way, rather than being some random word.
dyanaprajna2011
Dharmapala
Looks Gaelic...oh wait, it is.
Rakhel
Well-Known Member
I was gonna ask what made you decide to learn Welsh.