The Teach - Part 5

[Alan]

Hello class! Nice to see you all again today.

Today's lesson from The Teach is - Geography.

Of course we have all heard of boring place names like Oxford, London and Manila........but how about some of the more 'unusual' place names?
Today we shall concentrate on some of the looooooonger place names in the world.

Let us begin in the good old UK - and Wales in particular:

Ever been to [B] LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH

or GORSAFAWDDACHAIDRAIGODANHEDDOGLEDDOLONPENRHYNAREURDRAETHCEREDIGION

Moving further afield, let's go to New Zealand and visit TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKI- MAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU

Finally, nearer to home for our Filipino colleagues - did you know that the Thai name for Bangkok gives us (I think) the longest place name in the world - namely: KRUNGTHEP MAHANAKHON BOVORN RATANAKOSIN MAHINTHARAYUTTHAYA MAHADILOKPOP NOPARATRATCHATHANI BURIROM UDOMRATCHANIVETMAHASATHAN AMORNPIMAN AVATARNS ATHIT SAKKATHATTIYAVISNUKARMPRASIT

I shall, of course, expect you to learn these for a spelling test later in the week.

Bye for now.

Al.

[Alan]

By the way - still on Geography - can anybody tell me the answer to this?

There is only one American State that has a single syllable.

What is it?

Sticker for the winner.

Al.

[jimeve]

hi Allan, Maine

[Alan]

WOW!!! A winner already - and from a Northener to boot.

Good on ya mate.

Al.

[joebloggs]

my wife just for the ring post, feel a bit now, can i ask you ex-headmaster Alan if you think keith is a confirmed misanthrope, with his condescending badinage and his contumelious epithet towards fellow posters ?

[walesrob]

is a confirmed misanthrope, with his condescending badinage and his contumelious epithet

Is that a serious condition?

[joebloggs]

my doc wife don't even know what that is.. little hope for scouser keith then , could always try a dictionary for advice

[Alan]

my wife just for the ring post, feel a bit now, can i ask you ex-headmaster Alan if you think keith is a confirmed misanthrope, with his condescending badinage and his contumelious epithet towards fellow posters ?

It could very well be misconstrued sagacity.

Al.

[walesrob]

misconstrued sagacity.

Sounds painful

[flyingsparks]

I've been to
GORSAFAWDDACHAIDRAIGODANHEDDOGLEDDOLONPENRHYNAREURDRAETHCEREDIGION many times. Its a station on a miniature railway in Wales, it was renamed 'Golf Halt' earlier this year.
Presumably because the passengers had trouble asking for a ticket there.

[kimmi]

that was too impressive teacher!!those were really really really long names of places..well good tHhng that the GORSAFAWDDACHAIDRAIGODANHEDDOGLEDDOLONPENRHYNAREURDRAETHCEREDIGION has rename early this year..

[gracia143]

that was too impressive teacher!!those were really really really long names of places..well good tHhng that the GORSAFAWDDACHAIDRAIGODANHEDDOGLEDDOLONPENRHYNAREURDRAETHCEREDIGION has rename early this year..

I feel dizzy! I think I need a shot of rhum Sir--could you pls pass that bottle?

[Pepe n Pilar]

Wait i have to re read them....... my gosh!!!!