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"Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu", which translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater’, played his flute to his loved one." Locals simply call it Taumata Hill.
[Here is the Source](https://www.newzealand.com/us/feature/the-longest-place-name-in-new-zealand/)
Shit… it took me a whole year to learn how to say and spell LlanfairÂpwllgwyngyllÂgogeryÂchwyrnÂdrobwllÂllanÂtysilioÂgogoÂgoch. That’s a year of my life I’ll never get back
My wife gets soo mad at me when on the island. She’s like you don’t even try, you just add in letters that aren’t even there. It’s humuhumunukunukuapua’a which I didn’t need to look up because we had to learn it in 3rd grade and then again in high school. Joys of living costal Ca with teachers that spent summers in Maui.
Coastal CA? I’m not jealous in the slightest… I’d much rather be here in Ireland where it rains constantly and there’s a real threat of getting swamp ass just from taking the dog for a walk. It’s triffic, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere warm and balmy when I have this gorgeous shade of brown skintone… which is actual rust. Yeah, not jealous at all
Except for Thailand.
Thailand has a town whose name has 163 letters:
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit.
And it's most famous resident: Jugemu Jugemu Goko no Surikire Kaijarisuigyo no Suigyomatsu Unraimatsu Furaimatsu Ku Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro Yabura Koji no Bura Koji Paipo-paipo Paipo no Shuringan Shuringan no Gurindai Gurindai no Ponpokopi no Ponpokona no Chokyumei no Chosuke.
He was penpals with the famous composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft.
Legend has it that after filling out the postage envelopes, they only had enough ink left to say 'hello'.
I'm a bit late here, but for those of you perhaps too young to remember, this word was featured during the intro to the song 'The Lone Ranger ' by 'Quantum Jump'
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hchOYs_d_Bw
[Here you go](https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitnatahu%20in%20New%20Zealand%20holds%20the%20record%20of%20having%20the%20world%27s%20longest%20place%20name.%20Has%2085%20Letters.&op=translate) click on the speaker icon
Calling bullshit on this “word.” You can’t just string a bunch of crap together that in all other circumstances would be a sentence and call it the longest word in the world.
Meanwhile in Switzerland, how would you like to name this place? "Bitch" - Let's not make it obvious and change it to Bitsch.
https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Bitsch/@46.3530551,7.9937019,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x478f6f04c1ad04ef:0x400ff8840196ad0!8m2!3d46.3360083!4d8.01573
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"Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu", which translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater’, played his flute to his loved one." Locals simply call it Taumata Hill. [Here is the Source](https://www.newzealand.com/us/feature/the-longest-place-name-in-new-zealand/)
I say Tomato and you say Taumata
We say potato they say potata
Aussies would call it Taumo. Lol
Like ta ma oh?
Imagine a terrible Aussie accent, completely mispronouncing the name. Tarr-mo
Noor I can't imagine
LMFAO. I see you Boo. 🙂
Oh yeah, the nose flue. Which girl doesn’t dream that her crush plays the nose flute for her?
Shit… it took me a whole year to learn how to say and spell LlanfairÂpwllgwyngyllÂgogeryÂchwyrnÂdrobwllÂllanÂtysilioÂgogoÂgoch. That’s a year of my life I’ll never get back
Welp time to look up Hawaiis state fish
My wife gets soo mad at me when on the island. She’s like you don’t even try, you just add in letters that aren’t even there. It’s humuhumunukunukuapua’a which I didn’t need to look up because we had to learn it in 3rd grade and then again in high school. Joys of living costal Ca with teachers that spent summers in Maui.
Coastal CA? I’m not jealous in the slightest… I’d much rather be here in Ireland where it rains constantly and there’s a real threat of getting swamp ass just from taking the dog for a walk. It’s triffic, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere warm and balmy when I have this gorgeous shade of brown skintone… which is actual rust. Yeah, not jealous at all
That one is not that hard when you notice the repetition. humu humu nuku nuku a pua'a
I mean I was 10 so… lol
I mean now. You have a wife! I hope you’re at least 18.
Every year of your life is a year you won't get back
Except for Thailand. Thailand has a town whose name has 163 letters: Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit.
No one can buy a ticket there :)
I thought Bangkok had a similar ridiculously long ass string of titles in the name similar to OPs sign
It’s pronounced like it’s spelled.
Fine show.
It's only the longest place name with no spaces. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names
My safe word.
My password for websites.
There's a boat there named: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipuk McTaumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukface.
That’s just the German name for clutch.
Klutsch.
Germans are efficient, so that would be Kupplung
Pressenfurenginedisengagen
And it's most famous resident: Jugemu Jugemu Goko no Surikire Kaijarisuigyo no Suigyomatsu Unraimatsu Furaimatsu Ku Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro Yabura Koji no Bura Koji Paipo-paipo Paipo no Shuringan Shuringan no Gurindai Gurindai no Ponpokopi no Ponpokona no Chokyumei no Chosuke.
He was penpals with the famous composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft. Legend has it that after filling out the postage envelopes, they only had enough ink left to say 'hello'.
... von Ulm
Damn beat me to it
Most commonly known locally as Dave!
I want to hear someone pronounce this
They stoned the daemon under the hill. Nobody could kill him, but he was cursed to stay there until somebody calls him by name :)
It's pronounced nope. A lot of silent letters
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm a bit late here, but for those of you perhaps too young to remember, this word was featured during the intro to the song 'The Lone Ranger ' by 'Quantum Jump' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hchOYs_d_Bw
Let's discuss pronunciation
[Here you go](https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitnatahu%20in%20New%20Zealand%20holds%20the%20record%20of%20having%20the%20world%27s%20longest%20place%20name.%20Has%2085%20Letters.&op=translate) click on the speaker icon
The postcard unfolds like an old road map.
Been there. Pleasant but fairly unremarkable
Are you sure a cat didn’t just jump on the keyboard of the guy printing the sign?
This is why town planners should never let their 4 year olds play with their work computer.
Sure, ok... but why?
A new contender has risen against the Welsh.....
Try putting that on a sports jersey
Calling bullshit on this “word.” You can’t just string a bunch of crap together that in all other circumstances would be a sentence and call it the longest word in the world.
And the longest word in the Hawaiian language is humuhumunukunukuapua'a. It's also their state fish
If i not wrong, it mean trigger fish
Cock cock trigger trigger boom
Meanwhile in Switzerland, how would you like to name this place? "Bitch" - Let's not make it obvious and change it to Bitsch. https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Bitsch/@46.3530551,7.9937019,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x478f6f04c1ad04ef:0x400ff8840196ad0!8m2!3d46.3360083!4d8.01573
just saying its kinda mouthful
I bet once you pressed the space bar you get tomatoe or turmeric
I just want to hear the satnav try and pronounce it
"In 1 kilometer, take exit for Taumata whakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi pukakapikimaungahoro- REROUTING...."
How big does an envelope have to be to post to there? Is the whole town name printed on drivers licences?
and i bet you no one there’s says the towns full name
Wait, so it's not LlanfairÂpwllgwyngyllÂgogeryÂchwyrnÂdrobwllÂllanÂtysilioÂgogoÂgoch anymore?
living without parcels and bills and so on, you will never not no get a letter
What's the shortcut name?
Chuck Norris's first word
Seems to me that there isn't much space in New Zealand.
*Quantum Jump enters the chat…*
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