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Man who pronounces a 58-letter word perfectly, becomes famous
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the name of a Welsh village. Liam Dutton, a weatherman for British TV station Channel 4 News pronounced it perfectly and the video goes viral!
Well, not for Liam Dutton. Dutton, a weatherman for British TV station Channel 4 News casually nailed it and his feat has gone viral. The clip which was shared Tuesday, quickly went viral with more than 1.7 million views and 18,200 shares.
Warm day in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio...It may be a mouthful to say, but Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in north west Wales was one of the warmest places in the UK today.And, it was no problem for our Welsh weather presenter Liam Dutton to mention it on today’s weather forecast.
Posted by Channel 4 News on Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Thanks for the kind words this evening, all! ;-) #Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
— Liam Dutton (@liamdutton) September 8, 2015
What does it mean?
The name means Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] theparish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch).
There is an online guide to help you say the name!