Place names

[Derek]

Whats the longest place name in the country where you are?
Here in Wales on the island of Anglesey in North Wales there is a place called,
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.
When translated means “St Mary’s church in a hollow of white hazel near to a rapid whirlpool and St Tysilio’s church near the red cave”.
Here's the train station

Derek

[Kilts_Knave]

I have no patience to spell this one out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargog...bunagungamaugg so I cut and paste.

[Andrew Breecher]

That reminds me of an old children's book - which would never pass by today's PC standards - about a boy named Riki Tiki Tambo No So Rambo Chari Bariuchi Pit Beri Pambo. Poor Riki Tiki Tambo No So Rambo Chari Bariuchi Pit Beri Pambo fell into a well, and his brother tried to get help. But his name was so long that by the time he told people, "Riki Tiki Tambo No So Rambo Chari Bariuchi Pit Beri Pambo has fallen into a well!" it was too late to save him.

Andrew.

[David in Maryland]

That reminds me of an old children's book - which would never pass by today's PC standards -
Andrew.

Then I must get this book.

[Riverkilt]

Out here in Arizona we seem to like the place names short, like Ajo, Rye, Pima, Eloy or Yuma. Think it keeps our mouth open a shorter time so we don't dry out so fast.

Longest I can think of is Tumacacori down South of Tucson...

Ron

[auld argonian]

Here in Illinois we name towns after foreign cities and then proceed to mispronounce them...Cairo, Peru, Marseilles...so I can't match the place name length....but...

...I was once introduced to a Roman Catholic nun whose name was something like Sister-Mary-Therese-Of-The-Holy-Child-Jesus-Who-Was-Lost-Three-Days-In-The-Temple....

best

auld argonian

[Southern Breeze]

Only in Wales-they use long words like that and mis-spell KILT.Just kidding,I saw a story on that name awhile back on Ripleys Belive it or Not.

[Shay]

That reminds me of an old children's book - which would never pass by today's PC standards - about a boy named Riki Tiki Tambo No So Rambo Chari Bariuchi Pit Beri Pambo.

Actually, it's Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo. HIs brother's name was Chang. (Riki Tiki was a mongoose in another story) And it still sells well. Especially, in this day and age, of hyphenated names and extended middle names. (BillyJoe BobbieAnn Carlson-Wangballer, for example.)

"Five Chinese Brothers," another book from about the same time, has drawn fire for depicting the five brothers as all looking exactly alike, instead of in the original Chinese folktale, where they were all very different. I'm sure I don't have to draw a picture as to why people would find that offensive. I think you might be mixing them up.

In PA, we have quite a few Delaware and Dutch words as place names, it's not so much that they're long, just weird if you're not used to it. I remember driving around Germany, looking for signs for Rotenburg, Oberommergau*, and other brain-twisting names, and joking, "Why can't they have nice normal names! Like Susquehanna, Paoli, Neshaminy, Bryn Athen, or Puxatawney?"

*My German spelling sucks, sorry.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Well, I got interested and checked out the book in Shay's link. Looks like a great story for my 2 little ones (2.5 and 4.5 years old). Of course, Amazon being what it is, I also ended up getting The Story of Ping and Ferdinand as part of a special bundle (well one was bundled and the other was others also bought this link). Thanks, the girls will love all these, especially since they are both from China.

Now back to our regularly scheduled topic.

[Kilts_Knave]

That reminds me of an old children's book - which would never pass by today's PC standards

This is a standard 2nd grade book. We have about 20 copies at our school. The children recite the rikkitikkitambo together. It's good for phonics!