A TV weather reporter in the U.K. has become an Internet sensation for an unusual reason. Liam Dutton is getting attention for his pronunciation of the name of a village in Wales that reportedly has the longest place name in Europe — spanning 58 characters.
The town is known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, but even the length of the name doesn’t hint at how hard it is to pronounce.
Here’s a clip about it, posted by CNN:
Yes, but did you know that back in the 60’s Stephen Sondheim, writing as Esteban Ria Nido, set it to music in “The MAD Show”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaksxiaXKI