Who Am I?

I am Dr. Nancy Bereman, retired after 33 years on the faculty at Wichita State University. I taught courses in Human Resource Management. In retirement, I do a little bit of everything. Writing in this blog is one of them. As my byline reads... Just my random thoughts about life, work, and play. You may contact me at my email address: NancyBereman@gmail.com.


Sunday, January 23, 2022

Long Place Names

 In the summer of 2018 we took a cruise that circumnavigated Ireland with a stop in Holyhead, Wales. Holyhead is the home of a town that had the longest place name in Europe until January 31st, 2020.  That was the date of the completion of Brexit.  Now the longest name in the European Union is held by a town in Finland.  The longest in the WORLD is held by a location on the North Island, New Zealand.

 Below is a picture of a sign with the Welsh name, Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,  and a video of it being pronounced by a weather man.

Enjoy!




 

No comments: