Walesghanistan to protect it's names

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-34676511

Historical Welsh place names legal protection call

Changes to historical place names in Wales should be banned by law, the Welsh language commissioner has said.
Meri Huws said certain names should be recorded and then placed on a "statutory register".

It follows a row where the Grade I-listed Plas Glynllifon near Caernarfon was referred to as Wynnborn mansion in online marketing material.
Deputy Culture Minister Ken Skates said legal protection for names would be "very difficult to deliver".

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[Svartalf]

All the Mochdrevs mentioned in the Mabinogion need to be protected

[JimC]

Take the case to the International Waling Commission...

[Svartalf]

or to the IHRC in Strasburg

[mistermack]

"Wales" is actually an old English word for foreigner. The welsh stole it from us.

"Taffy was a Welshman,
taffy was a thief,
taffy crept into my house,
and stole a leg of beef"

[klr]

I see Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch being truncated to something more user-friendly, like Lanfair. Who needs that silent "l" at the start?

[Hermit]

I see Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch being truncated to something more user-friendly, like Lanfair. Who needs that silent "l" at the start?

The long version was created as a publicity stunt in 1860 to attract tourists.

A hill in New Zealand goes by the name of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which translates as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one".