Thursday, June 07, 2007

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch



Bingung kan bacanya?

Sama. Diriku juga. Apalagi waktu mau naik kereta ke tempat itu. Mabok deh nyebut ke masinisnya :-).

Memang sepertinya dinas pariwisata desa kecil di Wales itu sengaja bikin nama panjang ini untuk menarik wisatawan. Ditambah lagi, dibuatlah lomba cara mengejanya...

Gimana juga, memang akhirnya menarik diriku untuk menyambangi tempat ini, sekedar ingin tau, ingin liat2, and nyari orang yang bisa mengeja namanya dengan benar. Hehehe...

Makanya begitu sampai di stasiun itu, aku dateng ke tourist information deket stasiun and minta ibu tua baik hati yang jaga untuk kasih tau cara bacanya. Dan kurekam dong. Kali2 kalo kesana lagi lebih fasih lah :-)

Ini info dr Wiki ttg tempat ini :
(Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch), also spelt Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll and commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll, is a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to Menai Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. According to the 2001 census, the population of the community is 3,040,[1] 76% of whom speak Welsh fluently; the highest percentage of speakers is in the 10–14 age group, where 97.1% are able to speak Welsh.[citation needed]
The long form of the name is the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length (51 letters in the Welsh alphabet, where "ch" and "ll" count as single letters).
The name is Welsh for "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".

(weleh... weleh... terjemahannya lebih panjang bo..)




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