Our northern Alaska correspondent: Looks like apaflo is no longer from Barrow but Utqiagvik!

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Looks like apaflo is no longer from Barrow but Utqiagvik!

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

i heard they threw him out for shooting with slanted horizons.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Since he can see Russia from his hut he can swim there, hoping there are no Japanese whale 'study' ships around.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Peterff wrote:

Looks like apaflo is no longer from Barrow but Utqiagvik!

Barred in barrow, huh.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Peterff wrote:

Looks like apaflo is no longer from Barrow but Utqiagvik!

Utqiagvik is the new name for Barrow. There was a close vote (381-375) last month and they decided to change the name back to the traditional. The name Barrow came from a ranking figure in the British Admiralty named when British explorers passed the coast in the early 19th century.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

i can't joke about the name; there is a town just up the road from me called Pumpkin Center.
I wonder how many natives are left who can even pronounce Utqiagvik?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

oldtigger wrote:

i can't joke about the name; there is a town just up the road from me called Pumpkin Center.
I wonder how many natives are left who can even pronounce Utqiagvik?

Pronunciation can be found in this article for those that are interested: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503979353/barrow-alaska-changes-its-name-back-to-its-original-utqiagvik

I guess it will be a done deal when the sun comes up next!

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

oldtigger wrote:

i can't joke about the name; there is a town just up the road from me called Pumpkin Center.
I wonder how many natives are left who can even pronounce Utqiagvik?

There are about 3000 to 5000 speakers of the language.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Peterff wrote:

Looks like apaflo is no longer from Barrow but Utqiagvik!

The citizens were jealous of Iceland, with all those names that are impossible to pronounce, so they changed Barrow to Utqiagvik.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2016/10/13/barrow-voters-support-name-change-to-utqiagvik/

Rongnongno Loc: FL

jerryc41 wrote:

The citizens were jealous of Iceland, with all those names that are impossible to pronounce, so they changed Barrow to Utqiagvik.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2016/10/13/barrow-voters-support-name-change-to-utqiagvik/

Sorry but the UK has a doozy... Something that made the news when a weatherman pronounced it correctly for the first time on the air since... ever.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and I am not kidding.... See the video.

The US has also a few tongue twisters that are of Indian origin.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Rongnongno wrote:

Sorry but the UK has a doozy... Something that made the news when a weatherman pronounced it correctly for the first time on the air since... ever.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and I am not kidding.... See the video.

The US has also a few tongue twisters that are of Indian origin.

Nice one Ron!,

It is, of course, a made up name from a Victorian era (1860) publicity stunt to create a name for a railway station that was the longest in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll . The English translation is:

Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch).

In Welsh names can be concatenated from multiple single descriptors, which can lead to a lot of fun.

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Rongnongno wrote:

Sorry but the UK has a doozy... Something that made the news when a weatherman pronounced it correctly for the first time on the air since... ever.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and I am not kidding.... See the video.

The US has also a few tongue twisters that are of Indian origin.

Yeah, I think that's in Wales. Remember that volcano inn Iceland that erupted a few years ago? Some reporters showed off by saying it like it was no problem at all.