Learning thru English

That is the name of a village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, People also call it Llanfairpwllgwyngyll,  but it is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll, 

The long form of the name is the longest officially recognized place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length (51 letters in the Welsh alphabet, where “ch” and “ll” count as single letters).

The name is Welsh for “St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave”.

You can see the size of the sign at the train station in the picture below.

 And wouldn´t you like to try with the pronunciation?

Have a look at this, isn´t it amazing? 

More than 200 dancers perfomed their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of Antwerp, Belgium. Those 4 fantastic minutes started on 23rd March 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television programme, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.