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Weatherman aces pronunciation of Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch was having a particularly warm day on Monday.
/ Source: TODAY

The Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch was particularly warm on Monday. Which meant Welsh weatherman Liam Dutton would have to include it as part of his daily forecast.

That'd be terrifying for any broadcaster. But, miraculously, he didn't have a problem pronouncing it.

The small village (also called Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG) is on the island of Anglesey in Wales, and has a recently recorded population of 3040.

Well, if it couldn't break this weatherman's focus, at least the town's has broken a few records. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest name of a place in Europe and the second-longest one-word place name in the world.

(It actually doesn't even come close to the number boasted by the all-time longest one-word place name in the world, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, in New Zealand.)