[FRIAM] Llanfair and Lateral fricative

Jochen Fromm fromm at vs.uni-kassel.de
Fri Sep 22 06:54:44 EDT 2006


What do you think of this village name ? It contains
58 letters and is one of the longest place names in the world:
"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfair_PG

It is pronounced like this..
http://tinyurl.com/awaad

..and uses a sound named "lateral fricative"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_fricative

-J.




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