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From: alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk (Alan Roberts)
Subject: Re: The @ sign: help
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Stephan Baitz (baitz@immr.tu-clausthal.de) wrote:
: alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk (Alan Roberts) wrote:
: ..
: >Now, if you'ld like to try some Welsh, there's always the village in Anglesey:
: >
: >Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch
: >
: >That's probably going too far but it does have 4 l's in one row, an 14
: >consonants in another.

: I'm sorry, but that's not quite correct. In Welsh, 'w' and 'y' ARE
: vowels, not consonants. It only looks like 14 consonants in one
: row from an English point of view. This has been discussed in this
: list very frequently.

: The 4 l's are in fact only two consonants (i.e. two sounds).
: The 'consonant' ll represents a voiceless, aspirated l-sound
: (I hope this is expressed correctly enough, I'm no linguist).

: Nevertheless, I like that word, too.

: Stephan Baitz


: PS. Could someone please split up that Welsh name and post its
:     translation and the translation of its parts? My Welsh is
:     to poor to do it myself.-- Diolch yn fawr.


Yes, I know about the use of letters in Welsh, I'm 3/4 Welsh myself,
I just posted it to see how long it took to provoke a comment.

I'll post the translation tomorrow if I remember to look it up tonight.

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