I forwarded it to my husband (a linguistics PhD of Welsh heritage),
who replied:
As I recall, we *did* have a Burger King meal in Wales, but not in Llanfair
P.G. (which is what the natives call it). Llanfair P.G. was only about 20
miles west of us when we visited Conwy, but we went in the opposite
direction to get to our Burger King (which the natives would call
"byrrrr-gyrrrr-cing").
;-)>
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From: Martha Krieg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:50 AM
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Subject: Fwd: [lace-chat] driving through Wales
Two tourists were driving through Wales.
At Llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwryndrobwllyantsllyogogogoch, they stopped
for
lunch at Burger King and one tourist asked the waitress, "Before we order,
could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce
where
we are...
very slowly?"
The blonde waitress leaned over and said,
"Burrr-gurrr-Kinngg..."
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