Llanfairpwllgwyn-gyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch – the little town with the unbelievably big name.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch station board

Upon entering the town, you can’t help but notice the sign – “You are now at Llanfairpwllgwyn-gyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch”. “Llanfairpwllgwyn-gyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch” is 58 letters long and locals don’t mind if you refer to it as just Llanfairpll or Llanfair PG to speed things up. The town is located on the island of Anglesey in Wales and recently made…

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English man has stroke, wakes up speaking Welsh.

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Alun Morgan, 81 years old, grew up speaking English but lived in Wales for a while during an evacuation in World War II. He was only in Wales a few months and admits that he “learned a bit of Welsh” while he was there but was not proficient with the language. He has not spoken…

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