ICELAND´S VOLCANO

The name pronunciation depends on whom you ask. Here's how a CNN Wire story put it in an editors' note: "AY-yah-FYET-lah-YOH-koot." And this from the Chicago Tribune: "EY-ya-fyat-lah-YOH-kuht."
And this from NPR: "AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
FROM http://edition.cnn.com
It means island-mountain-glacier.



WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHAT IS THE LONGEST WORD YOU KNOW?
  • Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch:
It is the name of a real town in Wales, UK.
It means “The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio’s of the red cave”.

  • floccinaucinihilipilification (flocky-knocky nahiluh-piluh facation):
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, this is actually the longest official word in English; it means, "the act of estimating something to be worthless".

Ignacio, from Musical Blogies, has kindly sent us the following video where an  Icelandic musician sings a song to help us to pronounce the name of the volcano.

No comments: