Thursday, November 02, 2006

How long is long ?

Till this morning, I thought my name is long ... I know there are a lot of South Indian names which could fill up more than one line but guess what ... check out this page 'Unusual City Names' .. Can you believe there is actually a city out there in Thailand with this name :

'Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmaha-satharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit'

(Translates to: The great city of angels, the supreme unconqueralble land of the great immortal divinity (Indra), the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city, with plenty of grand royal palaces, and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity (Vishnu), given by Indra and created by the god of crafting (Visnukarma))

Or Even this city in New Zealand

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu

(Translates to: The brow [or summit] of the hill [or place], where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid [down], climbed [up] and swallowed mountains, [to travel the land], [who is] known as the Land Eater, played [on] his [nose] flute to his loved one)

man, Can they actually pronunce this ??? If at any point in life I get a chance to go to any of these countries, I will NOT come back without asking people there how do they pronounce this ! crazy people man ... we live in a weird world man !

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow.. is that the name of a place!! phew!! im sure they have a shortcut for that place... nobody can pronounce it...

anyway me goin bout writin some prose too... finding it difficult to post from office. blogs blocked
:'(

November 04, 2006 11:49 PM  

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