Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Train Station Trivia

The longest train station name in the world is “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantisiliogogogoch” the station is found on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Translated it means “the Church of Mary in a white hollow by a hazel tree near a rapid whirlpool by the church of St. Tisilio by a red cave.


Who knew?!
~sjt

4 comments:

Sophie Marian said...

Did you hear anyone try and pronounce it??? I'm kinda curious what you do with all those lls...

Anonymous said...

Were you in "Wales" or "Whales"? That is... were you taking the Tyler-family historical tour or were you taking the Jonah tour?

Emrys said...

Thanks observant Niece of ours! The trivia was for Wales- but Emrys has an application in to a church in Nineveh- so who knows, we could have a Jonah tour!
~sjt

Anonymous said...

You don't have to capitalize "niece". You can just call me "Your Ladyship" or "Your Grace". I see you have changed the spelling. Now, I can go to bed fullfilled. Cymru forever!