That welsh train station

[nothing]

Llanfeyrpwllgwyngyllgollgeyryllllwandrobtsylyllollgollgollgoll. Is that how you spell it?

 

[bodhi]

no. That's the format command in Linux.

 

[old.charliealpha]

lol

 

[old.Luap2]

rofl

btw.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogoerychwyndrobwyllllantysiliogogogogh which can be translated to "Church of St Mary in a hollow of whitehazel, near to a rapid whirlpool and to St Tysilio's church near to a red cave"




[Edited by Luap2 on 05-01-01 at 16:48]

 

[old.TUG]

Don't believe him, all it means is 'moo'

 

[xenon2000]

Swansea Central?

 

[kryt]

Last time my family was in wales on hols, we couldnt be arsed pronouncing it. Hence we just called it
"Lanfairpigswillyvangogh"

Short and sweet, and made up by my mother :|

 

[Testin da Cable]

has a nice ring to it

 

[nothing]

the locals just call it LLanfeyr P.G.
And while we're on the subject of long words, this is the longest English word: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis.

 

[luap]

Being as it starts with Pneum and ends in sis, isn't that a medical word and therefore it's basicly Latin?

 

[old.TUG]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
has a nice ring to it

U on about that sheep? I agree m8

 

[nothing]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is actually a potentially fatal kind of lung disease. You're more likely to die from saying it than getting it, I think.

 

[xenon2000]

Actually the longest proper word is 1091 letters long, but I'm not gonna copy it out, suprisingly...

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by TUG

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
has a nice ring to it

U on about that sheep? I agree m8

aye. roasted. with a nice honey-sage glaze. mmm

 

[old.TUG]

Originally posted by xenon2000
Actually the longest proper word is 1091 letters long, but I'm not gonna copy it out, suprisingly...

is it a german word by any chance?

 

[dazzl]

Actually the longest word is SMILES, because there`s a mile between first and last letters. . Go on, somebody say something, you know you want to.

 

[xenon2000]

Originally posted by TUG

Originally posted by xenon2000
Actually the longest proper word is 1091 letters long, but I'm not gonna copy it out, suprisingly...

is it a german word by any chance?

Yestugagreebecausegermantypewritersdonthavethespacebarsotheyendupfixingallthewordstogethertomakeacraplongwordlikethis

 

[luap]

L L

 

[old.TUG]

didn't you mean to say:

Y35tu949r33b3c4u5393rm4ntyp3wr1t3r5d0nth4v3th35p4c3b4r50th3y3ndupph1x1n94llth3w0rd5t093th3rt0m4k34cr4pl0n9w0rdl1k3th15
??

 

[old.hazzeryoda]

wow,

anyway:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is a lung disease caused by inahaltion of mineral and metal particles associated with coal mining and volcanic eruption.



oh dear. how sad am i?
and what the f**k am i doing up at this time?

dang that pesky insomnia.

 

[-MoBioS-]

Most locals just call it 'LlanfairPG'.
DAMMIT!!! That makes ME a local AARRGG!!!!

 

[old.dcs]

What's the longest english word?

http://www.webspinning.com.au/users1/lambertj/public_html/long.html

Dee

 

[*Kornholio*]

Whoever put that web-site together seriously needs to get out more....

 

[old.Quorthon]

..as do I, I think Im going fucking bonkers.

Its new years depression setting in.




Q

 

[nothing]

I do know some ridiculous german words. For example;
Die Flattenbittenmitdempuffpufftracken. It means level crossing, literally 'the flat bit with the choo choo track'; then there's the french ones, as boat becomes bateaux, so raft becomes flatteau bateaux

 

[old.TUG]

dat german word has puffpuff in it, well what does that tell you about germans?!

 

[Guest]

Heh, I've never heard a german use 'puffpuff*', but there are some strange dialects out there. Those from the south (Bayern), almost talk a different language from those in the north (who supposedly speak the 'correct' hoch-deutsch).

* usual word used for train is 'zug'.

 

[nothing]

it's not a commonly used word. They just have it in their dictionary

 

[old.TUG]

I went to germany once... they cheer you on if they see you walking down the street with 24 cans of nurenbergiopuffpuffoohnice lager

 

[old.Luap2]

Place: Frankfurt, Germany.
Reason: Business.
Activity: Getting really, really, really lashed on their great draught beer.