wrote:
>On 06/02/2016 13:14, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:54:11 -0500, frank@thehowards.ca wrote:
>>
>>> <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/02/2016 14:17, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you're wondering what it says on the side of the aircraft,
>>>> it's in Welsh. The first word is "school" and the other two are
>>>> place names, and "y" is "and".
>>>
>>> "y" or "yr" is "the" ( and sometimes also "per" ) "a" is "and" "o"
>>> is "of" "Tywyn" is "Port"
>>>
>>> so the Phrase translates literally to School the Port
>>>
>>> A funny old language is Welsh. In comparison to English, the word
>>> order usually puts the cart before the horse. And depending upon
>>> the preceding word, the first letter of the following word can
>>> change, but from an early age I could say
>>> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - the
>>> only word I know with fours Ls in a row.
>>
>> I think I remember my dad trying to teach me that word. I managed
>> to get all the way to the first L.
>>
>
>It seems to be shown phonetically in this link to the train station sign:
>
>https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch&tbm=isch&imgil=ojbPlbc-NH7v4M%253A%253BXlwWtrjI3S0sDM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.mirror.co.uk%25252Fnews%25252Fweird-news%25252Fllanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-village-longest-name-britain-3389475&source=iu&pf=m&fir=ojbPlbc-NH7v4M%253A%252CXlwWtrjI3S0sDM%252C_&biw=1359&bih=917&ved=0ahUKEwjg0uHxq-PKAhWGVhoKHXo0C9IQyjcIQw&ei=aAK2VuD-A4atafrorJAN&usg=__eibwPL9ebRrIH3rQ3ZI4nq07zGc%3D#imgrc=ojbPlbc-NH7v4M%3A&usg=__eibwPL9ebRrIH3rQ3ZI4nq07zGc%3D
>
Or, if you need an ear worm that will actually chew on your gray
matter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXKsQ2nbno
It basically translates to the entire visitors bureau pamphlet...
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