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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.


Monday, October 9, 2023

2023 Cruise - Days Three and Four - English Channel and Holyhead

Unfortunately our ship was unable to dock in Holyhead.  However I wanted to include it.  I have repeated below the blog post from our previous stop in Holyhead.  Enjoy!

"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!




 

2 comments:

Sharon Powell-Quincy said...

So, wonderful trip! I am grateful for the links! Also, curious how long the weatherman had to practice or how much he had to drink to master or bluff the pronounciation!

Anonymous said...

Good question!!