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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
What's the grammatical rule for using 4 l's in a row? Ma gawd what a mess
Not Welsh, but I think it’s a compound with successive elements ending and starting with
llExactly what I found, it makes sense and is just a large contracted description of the town, specifically made to be as long as possible!