English weatherman flawlessly rolls UK’s longest town name and it’s a doozy

We have some pretty unusual town names here in the United States — we’re looking at you Slaughterville, Okla.; Looneyville, Texas; and Happyland, Conn. — but we have nothing on our neighbors across the pond.

Some town names in the United Kingdom, especially Wales, seem fake. It seems there are nowhere near enough vowels and the locals are just messing with you when they tell you where they live. But the names are real, and their pronunciation is intimidating.

Don’t believe us? Have a crack at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

That is an actual village in Wales. People pronounce it everyday, though it has a few nicknames for obvious reasons.

But Channel 4’s weatherman, Liam Dutton, was not about to let the mouthful intimidate him on the air. When it came time to let the locals know what the forecast called for, he flawlessly rolled out Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrndrobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch.

As Americans, we have to tip our caps to Dutton. It’s always fun to spot a unique town name on the map, especially when they’re in plain English, but no way could we pronounce this one.

Just thinking here, put how do you fit Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrndrobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch on a postcard and still have space for a “Wish you were here?”

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