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[–]DoubleRainb0w 710 points711 points ago*

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Yes! Finally my day has come! I sometimes work in a village called Llangollen in the summer, this is a real shop I have to walk past to get to the site. ysiopfachgardiauwrthybontdrosyrafonddyfrdwyynllangollen

It probably wont translate in a translator, it just says "the little card shop next to the bridge over the ddyfrdwy river (name of the river) in llangollen"

[–]b_rodriguez 231 points232 points ago

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Not so fast pal - I have a real life version of OP's post staring me: http://i.imgur.com/MBe3s.jpg

[–]WiseManZero 89 points90 points ago

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That dude is way out, man.

[–]humblerodent 24 points25 points ago

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Holy head! Yeah he is!

[–]Cheesusaur 6 points7 points ago

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I've been to Holyhead once in my life and I saw the burning remains of a car in the middle of the road. Never again.

[–]empireofnyy 25 points26 points ago

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Oh shiiit! Relevance-off!

[–]tcoxon 11 points12 points ago

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I see four consecutive Ls in there!

[–]Saxifrage_Russell 4 points5 points ago

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And GOGOGO!

[–]Greasy_Doug 2 points3 points ago*

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In the Welsh alphabet LL is a single letter so really it is the same as having a double letter in an English word. But the 2 LL's are actually of different words in the name, no spaces for welsh place name though.

EDIT:In welsh words you never get double letters though, so really is just down to the fact that there are two words with no space.

[–]youstolemyname 7 points8 points ago

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Go toward the holy head!

[–]Yboc 11 points12 points ago

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I love how they add the lower part with the hyphens as if that makes any more sense.

[–]alexgbelov 515 points516 points ago

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So, why do Welsh people hate spaces?

[–]redrhyski 512 points513 points ago

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Don't need them - we have big lungs.

[–]webby_mc_webberson 379 points380 points ago

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Don'tneedthemwehavebiglungs.

ftfy

[–]supermatt314 29 points30 points ago

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Or vowels? "ddyfrdwy" river? How it that pronounced? (My naive American brain will guess "dih-FRIH-dih-wee.")

[–]M3nt0R 39 points40 points ago

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I thought you said native american brain. I know certain tribes/empires (like Aztecs) pronounce several words with a myriad of consonants and limited vowels.

I think they just use txt spk. That river must be pronounced daddy-ford-way river.

[–]marysville 19 points20 points ago

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Remember, a-e-i-o-u and sometimes y and w!!!!!

But seriously, I have no idea how to pronounce that.

[–]Pretesauce 18 points19 points ago*

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thuvr-doo-ee Would be kinda my rough not so good attempt from basic Welsh skills.

EDIT: redokapi's correction

[–]redokapi 7 points8 points ago

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One f is a v sound isn't it?

[–]LE4d 17 points18 points ago

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THE-vurred-wee. With a soft "th", and try to use "r" to carry you between the v and the d.

"dih-frih-dih-wee" would be spelled more like duffrudywy.

Source: I've been studying in Wales for the best part of a year and a half. So this is basically a guess. I've never seen "frd" before, but welsh is consistent in its pronunciation of letters.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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In Wales we have a bit of a different alphabet (28 letters). Dd is pronounced as a hard "Th", F is pronounced like a "V", Y is a bit like "I" and W is pronounced like an "oo" sounds.

So Ddyrdwy would be pronounced Thiver-doowey.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Y and w are vowels in the Welsh alphabet.

[–]meigwilym 2 points3 points ago*

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The river's name is Dyfrdwy, but here it's been mutated to ddyfrdwy. Pronunciation: duh-vr-doo-ee, but quickly, so that the last doo-ee is one fluid syllable. In reality the word is pronounced in two syllables, so that the 'f' is nearly silent (but only just). The mutated 'd' to 'dd' is 'th' like in 'the'.

It is also crossed by the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct.

[–]co2gamer 52 points53 points ago

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Do you think they also don't jump in Pc-Shooters?

[–]HelpMeThink 30 points31 points ago

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...Welsh people can't jump?

[–]fadnessd 68 points69 points ago

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Dog's can't look up, Big Al says so.

[–]Tactful 3 points4 points ago

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Would anybody like... a peanut?

[–]Calsendon 2 points3 points ago

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bind +jump mwheeldown

[–]gulljack 10 points11 points ago

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Their leader, fhakaofieachaohitler declared a vendetta against the use of spaces.

[–]LogisticalNightmare 17 points18 points ago

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My mom's from Cefn Mawr! Do you just work there during the Eistetffodddjnrkskz?

[–]Dr___Awkward 42 points43 points ago

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That last word is not a word.

[–]LE4d 15 points16 points ago

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Eisteddfod, the word it nearly is, is, though.

[–]Marowak 6 points7 points ago

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we don't even use k or z

[–]Dr___Awkward 4 points5 points ago

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Do you just not have those sounds or are they allocated to other letters?

[–]NorthKoreaZH 7 points8 points ago

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Z is usually allocated to S, for example zebra become sebra and K becomes a c.

[–]Dr___Awkward 5 points6 points ago

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That's cool. Italian is missing j, k, w, x and y. So they have you beat.

[–]Marowak 2 points3 points ago

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We use 'c' and 's' for loan words like 'cilogram' and 'sero' (you can work those out).

[–]Mr_Dickenballs 56 points57 points ago

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Welsh people are the worst at picking names.

[–]derpaherpa 85 points86 points ago

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Their phone books must look ridiculous.

[–]Arthelo 41 points42 points ago

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Its a long list of Willams, Jones' and Thomas'.

[–]losertalk 23 points24 points ago

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How'd you forget Evans?

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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And Davies.

[–]Mr_Frog 8 points9 points ago

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And Jenkins.

[–]eldenv 2 points3 points ago

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not forgetting Phillips

[–]1_point_21_gigawatts 54 points55 points ago

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What the hell is a phone book?

[–]derpaherpa 51 points52 points ago

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It's the book with the number you need to call when your internet is down.

[–]kingoftown 18 points19 points ago

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Still have cellphone. And if that is down...I'm not calling anyone anyway (no land line) :(

[–]LogisticalNightmare 11 points12 points ago

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Not really, everybody in Wales has the last name of Jones.

[–]millerave 5 points6 points ago

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uh . . . just bait for us to make fun of your name, Mr. Dickenballs?

[–]Capt_Carrot 18 points19 points ago

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I went to see my wife sing at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen - it's such a beautiful place! Wales is amazing. I hope you guys (and Scotland) never leave the UK.

[–]Sir_T_Bullocks 36 points37 points ago

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Even if they leave the political amalgamation of the UK, the land masses wont be going anywhere. And they'll still be beautiful.

Till Zombie Thatcher rises, that is.

[–]Ghulah 8 points9 points ago

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I live just down the road from Llan. Hello fellow Welshie!

[–]thebeat86 5 points6 points ago

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I used to visit Thomas the Tank Engine there as a kid, fond memories.

[–]Skillet_Lasagna 1 point2 points ago

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Is it fairly common to run words together like that, or did the shop owner intentionally do that as a novelty name?

[–]mjolnir616 10 points11 points ago

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It's for tourists, same as the town name.

[–]towelie1 53 points54 points ago

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One time I was at my Welsh grandad's house he refused to feed me until I learned to pronounce Llanfair in full. Skip forward to today and it is my party trick. Needless to say I am a blast at parties.

[–]redrhyski 15 points16 points ago

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I remember you!

[–]BurningKarma 2 points3 points ago

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Congratulations. You can now pronounce a very basic word in Welsh.

[–]cal1 97 points98 points ago

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I used to live in the next town over, if we wanted to get a taxi or something we just called it Llanfair PG.

[–]SophisticatedVagrant 49 points50 points ago

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...I still don't know how to pronounce it...

[–]accoustic 118 points119 points ago

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[–]vxx 35 points36 points ago

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What language was that again?

[–]ThatOtherGai 72 points73 points ago

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Space monkey

[–]reallybatman 13 points14 points ago

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Hey, my mother was a proud space monkey! On the other hand, that is in fact Welsh.

[–]GrieferSutherland 22 points23 points ago

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Now take the marbles out of your mouth and say it again.

[–]Jill4ChrisRed 5 points6 points ago

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That sounds Northern Welsh.. I know no one who sounds like that speaking the language and I've lived here for 17 years! (aka my whole life!)

[–]BoernerMan 5 points6 points ago

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i don't say it like this at all! That sounds so gogi!

[–]SophisticatedVagrant 8 points9 points ago

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Relevant username.

[–]fuckingobvious 23 points24 points ago

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It's sort of like halfway between KLAN-vair and HLAN-vair.

[–]TheRedFacedAvenger 40 points41 points ago

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I should have known, it‘s fucking obvious.

[–]Gelphin 6 points7 points ago

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Says how to pronounce it on the sign in the pic..

[–]mjolnir616 6 points7 points ago

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Yeah but it doesn't really help Septics (and most English actually) who have no idea how to make the 'll' sound. I lived in Wales for 3 years, and went out with a native Cymraeg speaker for a further 2, and it still took her ages to teach me that sound.

[–]Hoobleton 6 points7 points ago

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Cymraeg speaker

You're not helping here.

[–]oneslyfox 10 points11 points ago

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Does that mean we're all pronouncing Lloyd and Llewellyn terribly terribly wrong?

[–]fasteasyfree 11 points12 points ago

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Nah, Lloyd's the english translation of Llwyd which is pronounced as you'd expect.

[–]LikesGirls 12 points13 points ago

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Llewelyn has the welsh LL. It's like kchlewelyn kind of. I don't know how to explain it to a non Welsh person.

[–]rubicon11 4 points5 points ago

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So it's not pronounced Loo-ellen? I've been pronouncing my neighbor's name the wrong way for 13 years?! I knew there was a reason he hated me.

/Amuurikan

[–]fuckingobvious 22 points23 points ago

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As someone who used to work for directory enquiries in Wales, I can confirm that even those who live there call it Llanfair PG.

[–]Musrum 10 points11 points ago

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I live nearby (Llanfairfechan). I hereby vouch for this confirmation.

[–]DJVendetta 2 points3 points ago

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Llanfairfechan is the REAL 'Llanfair'.

Hi Phil.

[–]pooinmyloo 7 points8 points ago

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The three of us should have a Llanfair meet. Down the beach. You bring the rollies I'll pop to the offy for some shit cider.

[–]Fuzzymuscles 4 points5 points ago

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It's small enough that you know who it would be if they also would have internet access?

[–]BenjiBlakeway 2 points3 points ago

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Same here! My mum's side of the family is from Llanfair PG (I'm from Llandudno)

[–]pooinmyloo 2 points3 points ago

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Wow, Llanfairfechan lad here too.

[–]argon-donkey 85 points86 points ago

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I once took a train through there, and the announcement simply reffered to it as 'that place with the long name'

[–]graffiti81 35 points36 points ago

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And here I thought that Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg had the longest place name in the world. I think it still holds the record for the US.

[–]timesync 12 points13 points ago

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I thought Bangkok was the longest place name, the official name for the city I mean.

[–]Kil_Roy 16 points17 points ago*

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for the lazy, it's

กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

or

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

edit:Source

[–]nibblerg 4 points5 points ago

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It's so long that there's a song of it. The lyrics is the entire name of Bangkok.

[–]skeptichectic 8 points9 points ago

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Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrāyudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya uttamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi

[–]JordanBelcher 58 points59 points ago

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[–]lesser_panjandrum 87 points88 points ago*

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I prefer this. NSFW! (Sorry Suboptimus)

[–]BlackAsHell 29 points30 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]solarnexus 11 points12 points ago*

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that was the driest reading ever, I have tears I'm laughing so hard!

edit: an alternative reading

[–]nukyew2 3 points4 points ago

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Mammary Intercourse. From Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia.
Image. A couple engaged. In Mammary. Intercourse.
Mammary Intercourse. Describes a sex act. Performed as foreplay. Or as non-penetrative sex.
That involves the stimulation. Of the male penis. On the female. Breasts.

[–]Suboptimus 18 points19 points ago

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NSFW plz

[–]lesser_panjandrum 5 points6 points ago

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Sorry, fixed now.

[–]Neocrasher 8 points9 points ago

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God damnit, now I have to listen to the whole thing ಠ_ಠ

[–]ThatJesterJeff 7 points8 points ago

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Props to the narrator for not giggling like a little school boy throughout the whole thing like I just did.

[–]Yotsubato 2 points3 points ago

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I read the link before clicking and I knew what it was. Dammit I should be ashamed for knowing what Paizuri is

[–]catsthemusical 11 points12 points ago

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I hope ReadsAsGollum stops by!

[–]1_point_21_gigawatts 4 points5 points ago

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John Rhys-Davies is Welsh. I want to hear him pronounce that in Gimli's voice.

[–]cbrunos 2 points3 points ago*

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Nope, the welsh are trolling us, I'm sure of it. Listen to that. Do you really think it's a real language? They're trolling the whole world by making us believe they speak that gibberish, I'm telling you.

[–]TenzingNorgay 17 points18 points ago

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I think there was a movie about this:

"The Englishman That Walked Up The Hill And Fell Into A Pile Of Consonants"

I loved Wales - the people were/are really nice. At first I thought it was because they like Americans. They said they did, but the real thing they liked about me was, "You're not English."

[–]Fishwelder 26 points27 points ago

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As a Welsh ex-pat living in the US as soon as I tell anybody I'm Welsh and after I explain that no that is not the same as English. This is the always the first thing I am asked to say. "OOH OOH SAY THE NAME OF THAT REALLY LONG TOWN!!!" Makes my eye twitch every time.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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Do you have any other insights of what it's like going from Wales to the States? One Welshman to another.

[–]mynameismonkey 8 points9 points ago

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I concur on the eye twitching. Llanilltud Fawr here btw, now in NYC. Jumping in to add that you can play up the Welsh angle for fun and/or profit here in the states. Bust out the accent and everyone listens carefully, but use it wisely, sparingly. Also, sing all the time, they expect it and it's nice to please. Also, be ready to be confused for Australian, S African, Kiwi or any other non US anglophilic nationality. Also, don't drink the beer. Brains will NOT ship Dark here, but I have it smuggled over in small amounts as often as possible. Also do not eat the bacon. Nor the sausages. Move somewhere that has a decent butcher nearby. Or Irish population, those Irish do a wonderful job of getting crisps and HP sauce into the country. Brooklyn has two chippies, not bad but pricey. There is no rhubarb crumble in the US. That's a deal breaker for many. (And for those of you about to say there is I challenge you that once you add strawberries it has become an abomination, and cobbler != crumble.)

[–]Fishwelder 12 points13 points ago

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You will never find good fish and chips, despite many promises. You will be forever explaining the geography of the British Isles. Stay away from the south. Florida is a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there. Be prepared to be assaulted by religious propaganda on a daily basis. Oh and whenever someone asks me to talk more so they can listen to my accent my go to response is "and what the fuck is it exactly you expect me to say" you should prepare your own go to statement as well as this is something you will be asked to do a lot.

[–]irrationalNumber 12 points13 points ago

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Florida is a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there

As a Floridian, I can confirm this.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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Oh piss. I don't know why I would expect America to have a decent chippy, but I did. Thanks for the response!

[–]robinacape 10 points11 points ago

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Llanfair....mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble....go go goch.

[–]SolarPoweredTorch 4 points5 points ago

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No no, Mumbles is in the South of Wales.

[–]Wigster 151 points152 points ago

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As a Welshman I have a feeling 99% of Reddit won't understand.

[–]Jymotion 120 points121 points ago

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what is there to misunderstand

[–]Wigster 69 points70 points ago

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Firstly, the majority of people outside of the UK retort with "What I thought England was Britain, there's another place called Wales in Britain/UK?" When I say where I'm from. Secondly, the place name just looks like someone has mashed their keyboard to the un-aware eyes of the Welsh language.

[–]jorsiem 86 points87 points ago

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[–]Honey_Otter 60 points61 points ago

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... When did England and Wales become the same country?

[–]tomllm 31 points32 points ago

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It's because Wales, alas, doesn't have full legislative power over itself. Scotland on the other hand does (in fact, arguably more as it has both an independent parliament, and keeps all the MPs it had in Westminster.)

[–]eldenv 9 points10 points ago*

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1542

Well historically, England invaded and conquered Wales in the 13th century, and Wales was formally annexed to the Kingdom of England under Henry VIII.

So in some senses Wales is technically part of England, and England and Wales share the same administrative and legal system, and the current Welsh assembly isn't as devolved as the Scottish Parliament.

Scotland has always had a separate and quite different legal system to England and Wales. Also, The Kingdom of Scotland was a separate entity, with it's own parliament and monarchy, until 1707, even though the King of Scotland and King of England had been the same since 1603. The Act of Union in 1707 didn't annex Scotland to the Kingdom of England, but united the two to make The United Kingdom of Great Britain.

So there is a historical and constitutional difference between the relationship between England and Wales, and between England and Scotland. For the purposes of a diagram to help people know the differences however, this is probably not that helpful.

Edit: a good TL;DR would be:

  • UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [I've added Northern here, silly mistake]

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain is made from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland

  • Wales is in the Kingdom of England

[–]PikaBlue 6 points7 points ago

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1485, a Welsh man took over England.

Thought I'd throw that into the mix to really mess people...

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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I assume it's a mistake. The circle isn't needed at all.

[–]factoid_ 17 points18 points ago

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Doesn't scotland have a kind of pseudo sovreignty that Wales doesn't really have?

[–]mudkippers 16 points17 points ago*

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Not a mistake. England and Wales share a legal system, separate from Scotland, and "England and Wales" is a jurisdiction in the UK. Wales is a separate country, now with a devolved legislature, but they are still one jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. The reason is that the Kingdom of England conquered Wales, making England and Wales the constitutional successor to the Kingdom of England, whereas Scotland was added through the Act of Union in 1707, though it had previously belonged to a personal union through the monarchy (similar to the King of Belgium also being King of the Congo, or the Austrian Emperor also being the King of Hungary prior to 1867). Hope this helps.

[–]Eso 12 points13 points ago

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So the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are separate countries?

[–]NoDownvotesPlease 27 points28 points ago

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They're called crown dependencies.

[–]trollmato 11 points12 points ago

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They are more like tax havens.

[–]1877KARS4KIDS 4 points5 points ago

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Unless i misunderstand, i think england, scotland and wales each need their own circles, or the circle around england and wales should be removed.

[–]_pagan_poetry_ 7 points8 points ago

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I'm from Northern Ireland and I still sometimes forget that there's a distinction between England and Wales.

[–]TheSaddestGrape 52 points53 points ago

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Oh, you're from Ireland?

[–]rabbyt 18 points19 points ago

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I think that might say more about you than about Wales...

[–]tatonca 15 points16 points ago

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That's okay - I'm sure they forget sometimes there is a distinction between Northern Ireland and the Republic...

[–]orzof 27 points28 points ago

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As an American, I feel I should mention that when I was in grade school, we had this town's name as a bonus spelling word.

[–]IAmACollegekid 17 points18 points ago

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I understood. I am the 1%.

-Non-Welshman

[–]thmsbsh 3 points4 points ago

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Hiraeth?

[–]merlinho 2 points3 points ago

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I'm Welsh, and I don't find the gag funny, Llanfair PG is so familiar. Fun word to say though.

[–]2min2mid 30 points31 points ago

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'So how's school?'

'mfwemwemwmmwmomowmwe'

'Oh that's nice, my nephew goes there too.'

---how the fuck do they understand you?

[–]dxf_ 43 points44 points ago

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They have developed an own language that only they can understand.

[–]Tuccker 78 points79 points ago

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Yes, I'm actually a welsh speaker and sometimes i even doubt what I'm saying make sense. Peidiwch trio rhoi hyn i fewn i cyfeithydd, Pidyn.

[–]nd1312 64 points65 points ago

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[–]DoubleRainb0w 20 points21 points ago

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Plaid-fyniad i siaradwr y iaith :)

[–]Clawsofdoom 10 points11 points ago

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Ac un arall...

[–]DoubleRainb0w 12 points13 points ago

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Oedd yna rhan fach o fi yn gobeithio taw fi oedd yr unig un.

[–]lediablerouge 51 points52 points ago

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Cthulu ftaghn?

[–]Tuccker 7 points8 points ago

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Dwi'n meddwl bod dim ond yna fel 10 ohonom ni ar holl wefan...

[–]mikehayek 8 points9 points ago

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dwi eisiau bod yn rhan or circlejerk cymraeg

[–]darkshadow87 3 points4 points ago

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This just reminds me of this Rob Brydon & Joanna Page exchange (from 13:10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1nGYj0P7M

[–]GingerNinja831 15 points16 points ago

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I will pay you to disguise yourself as me, and take my GCSE Welsh exam.

[–]Tuccker 12 points13 points ago

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Haha, our welsh exam is fucking ridiculous. We have to read and memorize 8 Welsh poems and a welsh novel and describe them in full. But I'd be happy to help you with any welsh-related problems. (:

[–]nd1312 13 points14 points ago

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Gesundheit.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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P'un ydy dy hoff rhaglen teledu? The basis of my entire Welsh GCSE right there. Rehashing the same really awkward sentence structure, just changing the subject.

[–]Tuccker 8 points9 points ago

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My school is entirely welsh so we have every single lesson in full welsh (apart from English, obviously.) and we get detention for speaking English. Some real Nazi shit.

[–]DubiumGuy 14 points15 points ago

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Only way to keep the language alive if you ask me and i'm English.

[–]Avengedsins 2 points3 points ago

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Sounds like Crymych

[–]scamps1 2 points3 points ago

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I felt like you 8 years ago.

Now, I rarely speak welsh and its fading, never thought I'd see the day. And I can see exactly what the teachers meant, and that they were right. I'm a bit ashamed that I'm losing it tbh

[–]bluekaylo 8 points9 points ago

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Rydw I'n hoffi coffi achoes maen wych.

YEAH IT IS.

[–][deleted] 65 points66 points ago

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LE LE LE LE LE LE LE

[–]Matt08642 16 points17 points ago

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SO FAHNNY JOKE!

[–]david-me 4 points5 points ago

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<--- *Le scribner

[–]EllKayBee 6 points7 points ago

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I used to have one of those fake platform tickets for the rail station - hahaha, cracks people up when I pronounce the name to them. Good practice for the names of fish and stuff here in Hawaii, like Humuhumnukunukuapua'a and Lauwiliwilinukunukuoioi :)

[–]Milligan 21 points22 points ago

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Wales and Hawaii should get together and have a vowel-consonant exchange.

[–]Marowak 2 points3 points ago

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Hawaiian has 12 letters in their alphabet. Welsh has 29. That would not be a fair exchange.

[–]squigglycircle 2 points3 points ago

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I've still got a mug with the name, translation and a picture of the station.

[–]weDAMAGEwe 5 points6 points ago*

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i had a Welsh friend back in middle school (~11 years old - had just moved to the states with his father and sister I guess a few years prior) and they always named this town as their hometown in Wales. I specifically remember the "go-go-go" sound at the end (this was like 15 years ago). Could've been messing with us, I don't know. I assume anyone who lives anywhere nearby would know about the place and could throw it out as kind of a wacky novelty to dumb American kids.

He did a translation for us too, something about a church and a hill or something like that?

[–]jonny_lube 29 points30 points ago

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St. Mary's Church In the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantisilio of the Red Cave.

As you can see, once translated, it is far more simple and really just rolls off the tongue no less naturally than Paris, Berlin or London.

[–]thesuspiciousone 7 points8 points ago

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Not sure if I should upvote from OC without resorting to ragefaces, or downvote for using "le."

[–]FaerieStories 19 points20 points ago

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Neither of the two welsh people I know can say the word 'Aberystwyth'. Why did the Welsh make a language they can't speak properly?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago

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I'm originally from Aberystwyth and everybody just calls it Aber anyway, so much so that when I have to say it, it just seems weird.

[–]FaerieStories 3 points4 points ago

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Yeah, the two people I know call it Aber too.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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Who the fuck can't say Aberystwyth? I'd say they're firmly in a minority of people. Not every can talk Welsh or even understand Welsh here but I'd say the vast majority can pronounce Welsh words fairly well.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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Students. Blame the students.

[–]Wibbles 3 points4 points ago

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As an Englishman most Welsh is just foreign gibberish to me, but Aberystwyth is not a hard word to pronounce.

[–]slightlyuseful 5 points6 points ago

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Relevant Jimmy Carr Link

[–]davidlen 5 points6 points ago

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I am Welsh and its pretty easy to pronounce the language. I tried to teach a girl in club my nickname 'Dafydd' . Havent met an english person in my uni in 3 years who can pronounce even the most basic welsh.

[–]Bojan6089 12 points13 points ago

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9gag material right here.

[–]Jackpot777 3 points4 points ago*

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The closest I can come to saying it with my English language brain is...

ccclan-viyah-pour-gwin-gifff

go-gerifff-clin-drubble

clan-tie-silly-oh

goh-goh-gohhh

Where ccc sounds like you're hocking a loogie, fff sounds like the beginning of "ffffffuuuuuuuu" and hhh sounds like radio static / phlegm gargling at the back of the throat. Imagine you're Aragorn, speaking Elvish. Like that.

[–]Lloydehh 4 points5 points ago

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Rhywun yn siarad cymraeg?

[–]FourteenHatch 6 points7 points ago

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On one hand, this is real humor, something sorely lacking around here.

On the other hand, "le".

[–]Kronus021 4 points5 points ago

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holy bum biscuits ! i didn't think anyone else was from Wales on this website

[–]wookiesandwich 34 points35 points ago

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le dentist

fuck off and die please

[–]merlinho 9 points10 points ago

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I was confused, as I thought it was the Welsh deintyddiaeth, not the French dentiste?

[–]Renderpart 8 points9 points ago

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[–]Gspence314 2 points3 points ago

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Can't wait to see this transformed into a rage comic.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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When I go to the dentist I get to tell them that I'm from Virginville, Pennsylvania.

[–]WylieC2 2 points3 points ago

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I believe that town uses the name as a kind of publicity thing. It works!

[–]Reichcommander 2 points3 points ago

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I hate when people get karma for 9gag stuff

[–]rovert42986 2 points3 points ago

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My town (in the US) is has a lot of Welsh ancestry and I worked at the Welsh import booth at our yearly craft fair and I would have to say this name about 10 times a day. Luckily my nain (grandmother) was patient and taught me, but she also made me sing lots of Welsh hymns in front of everyone when I'd go to church with her. She passed away when I was 14, but I think she'd be happy if she knew I brought this up.

[–]shiseido_red 3 points4 points ago

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Read the comic before I read the title. Thought "must be Welsh," then saw the title.

[–]Folsom8k 5 points6 points ago

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I was very excited to get a stamp with this town's name in my passport! My great-grandfather was a Welsh immigrant to the US in the 1900s. Back in 2006, my family and I went back to see the town (Pontypridd) where he grew up and the school he attended as a boy. It was fun to connect to my roots! Also, we were glad to have seen the school because later that summer it burned to the ground.

[–]r_nothing_link 1 point2 points ago

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Welsh words look like transcribed PronunciationManual.

[–]Zeela_D 1 point2 points ago

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Diolch.

[–]Minus1Kelvin 1 point2 points ago

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Honest question here...do the locals actually SAY that whole thing or do they just abbreviate it?

[–]its_just_a_question 1 point2 points ago

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[–]JackRubysGun 1 point2 points ago

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[–]fatmas 1 point2 points ago

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If it was really a Welsh dentist it wouldn't be "le dentist". It would be Dennttsstt(och).

[–]Marowak 3 points4 points ago

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Deintydd.

[–]sarahweeze 1 point2 points ago

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Bloody fantastic to see Wales on the front page..:D... ...Fi cariad reddit!!! (I love reddit)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Yay, now people know Wales exists!

[–]madetosink 1 point2 points ago

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His favorite fish to eat is probably humuhumunukunukuapuaa.

[–]FreddieGibbs 1 point2 points ago

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Meh. not funny

[–]black19 1 point2 points ago

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Le downvote