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Do long toponyms fascinate you?

Ex. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Toponym - a name of a place (can be a city, town, river, mountain, etc.)

Votes	Answer
12	I don't care much
4	Other
3	They certainly do amuse me, I wouldn't go as far as fascinate
3	They're interesting
2	Yes, it's utterly fascinating
2	It's absolutely repulsive anyone should bother with them
1	They shouldn't be given any attention

User	Comment
bill	posted 2-Oct-2009 2:38pm mild dislike
labjog	posted 2-Oct-2009 6:03pm I have never thought about it.
Kristal_Rose	posted 2-Oct-2009 10:36pm Wasn't aware of them, and aren't much interested. I can't imagine anyone else really uses such names. The history contained in the name would be of more interest to me.
Melf	posted 3-Oct-2009 7:51am I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. There's nothing there but a railway station with a comically long sign.
gambler	posted 3-Oct-2009 8:36am They certainly do amuse me, I wouldn't go as far as fascinate
Enheduanna	posted 3-Oct-2009 12:18pm Not really.
cloudhugger	posted 4-Oct-2009 9:55am Annoying.
LindaH	posted 4-Oct-2009 11:39am I think that second one should just be called siliogogogoch. It would be more fun to say. siliogogogoch siliogogogoch siliogogogoch
Jody	posted 6-Oct-2009 9:56am absolutely! In fact, I live about an hour from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Zang	posted 9-Oct-2009 12:54pm No
they	posted 21-Nov-2009 8:13am It's pretty neat.
they	(reply to Melf) posted 21-Nov-2009 8:14am > I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. > There's nothing there but > a railway station with a comically > long sign. Did you take a picture? Did you just type out that town name or did you copy/paste it?
they	(reply to Jody) posted 21-Nov-2009 8:16am > absolutely! In fact, I live > about an hour from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. What do you call it? For short? Can you say it? Can you spell it?

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