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« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2009, 22:03:49 » |
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Then is no 4 Tanygrisiau
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« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2009, 22:12:00 » |
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Then is no 4 Tanygrisiau
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2009, 18:11:39 » |
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No 4 Penryn.....?
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2009, 18:26:12 » |
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No 4 Penryn.....?
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« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2009, 20:09:11 » |
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For accuracy - Penrhyndeudraeth
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I like to travel. It lets me feel I'm getting somewhere.
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« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2009, 20:34:13 » |
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For accuracy - Penrhyndeudraeth
I'd've settled for Penrhyn, that's the station name serving Penrhyndeudraeth. My pedantic answer to eightf48544 is that Penryn is in Cornwall. |
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« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2009, 21:09:39 » |
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Ah, "penguin dandruff" as we christened the station on our recent holiday in North Wales. (Family struggled with some of the welsh place names - can't understand why myself).
Anyone know why the Ffestiniog abbreviated the name, whereas the national railway has always used the full name?
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« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2009, 21:47:08 » |
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Ah, "penguin dandruff" as we christened the station on our recent holiday in North Wales. (Family struggled with some of the welsh place names - can't understand why myself).
Anyone know why the Ffestiniog abbreviated the name, whereas the national railway has always used the full name?
According to Wikipedia, 'Penrhyndeudraeth' Station on the Ffestiniog Railway was shortened to 'Penrhyn' in 1870 to avoid confusion with the Cambrian Line station at the lower end of the town. One wonders if there were ever through ticket opportunites to 'Penrhyn' from say, London. One could've ended up in Cornwall...... |
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« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2009, 21:53:59 » |
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And on the subject of Welsh place names, I have an uncle who convinced me as a child that a certain Welsh resort was pronounced 'Have-a-Stiff-Wrist' in English
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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2009, 09:51:30 » |
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There used to be a bit off habit in shorting Welsh place names in particular
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch to Llanfair P G
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« Reply #25 on: September 20, 2009, 12:14:01 » |
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There used to be a bit off habit in shorting Welsh place names in particular
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch to Llanfair P G
Was it sponsored by the tea company with the chimps perchance? |
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« Reply #26 on: September 20, 2009, 20:57:55 » |
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Wonder how Celia or Phil would cope if the full name was used.
Digressing slightly, whilst waiting at Twywn this summer for a northbound train, the electronic departure board was showing it stopping at Butlins Penychain. Apart from the fact that I'm not sure the official station name has ever included the name of the adjacent holiday camp, it's now a Haven!
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« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2009, 17:49:31 » |
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Isn't it a request stop too?
Anyway Llanfairpwll (or even Llanfairpwllgwyngyll) was lengthened on purpose to increase tourism.
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« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2009, 20:50:22 » |
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