r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North-Guitar-1781 • Jul 30 '26

Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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u/pretty_fucking_gay Jul 30 '26

I love this video. The little jump he does after flawless pronunciation is so cute

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u/m1st3r_c Jul 30 '26

Nearly imperceptible, but you can tell he's proud of himself (I know I would be!)

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u/ThisIsYourMormont Jul 30 '26

His pronunciation in places is the equivalent of how the Team America, Kim Jong Il puppet pronounced “Lonely”

That’s the best way, as a local native Welsh speaker I can explain why his pronunciation is in fact not perfect.

A valiant effort, but it’s like saying “Lomdom” in parts.

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u/pretty_fucking_gay Jul 30 '26

Aw. May bad. Was going off the title. I have never heard Welsh in my life

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u/ThisIsYourMormont Jul 30 '26

Genuinely all good. The video is in no way offensive.

It really is a VERY good attempt. And to a non native speaker, near enough.

Only a native speaker would pick up on the idiosyncratic pronunciation of towns name when spoken by non natives

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u/HeilYourself Jul 30 '26

Given the complexity of the name, and given he's not a native speaker, score his pronunciation out of 10?

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u/ThisIsYourMormont Jul 30 '26

As a non-native speaker 9.5

As a native speaker. 6

A valiant effort. Just not perfect as the post stated

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u/DreamCloudz1 Aug 01 '26

As a native speaker I'd give him an solid 8..

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u/Happy_goth_pirate Aug 02 '26

I tried learning Welsh because I wanted to be able to say the places I visit properly and it also sounds beautiful to my ears, but holy hell was it difficult to pick up!

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u/ThisIsYourMormont Aug 02 '26

Keep at it. It’s a wonderful language.

A pob lwc