london

[moyamick]

which part of london has a name with more consonants in a row than any other place in britain.

[jenstar]

Knightsbridge?

[Narolines]

More than any other place in England, maybe, but surely not in Britain. Llanfairpwllgwynghyllgogerychwrndrobwllllantysiliogogoch has 15 consonants in a row, and I can't imagine anywhere in London can match that..........

[bernardo]

Narolines what are you talking about? The most consecutive consonants in Llanfairp.g. etc. is 4 i.e. RNDR. Nowhere in the name are there more than 4 consecutive consonants.

[kelbillug]

bernardo...... huh???

[Quizmonster]

'Y' is a vowel in such words as 'hymn' or 'rhythm', not a consonant. In addition, 'W' is a vowel in Welsh words such as 'cwm', the equivalent of English 'combe'.

[lithuanian]

quizmonster, you are right the welsh language has different vowels to english, and cwm means valley

[welshwil]

that last answer was from me, was signed in as my missus

[Quizmonster]

So does 'combe', Welshwil/Lithuanian!

[Narolines]

In the words of Captain Mainwaring - well done; I wondered who'd be the first to spot that!

[bernardo]

kelbillug:

LL = 1 consonant
A = 1 vowel
NF = 2 consonants
AI = 2 vowels
RP = 2 consonants
W = 1 vowel
LLG = 2 consonants
WY = 2 vowels
NG = 2 consonants
Y = 1 vowel
LLG = 2 consonants
O = 1 vowel
G = 1 consonant
E = 1 vowel
R = 1 consonant
Y = 1 vowel
CH = 1 consonant
WY = 2 vowels
RNDR = 4 consonants
O = 1 consonant
B = 1 consonant
W = 1 vowel
LLLL = 2 consonants
A = 1 vowel
NT = 2 consonants
Y = 1 vowel
S = 1 consonant
I = 1 vowel
L = 1 consonant
IO = 2 vowels
G = 1 consonant
O = 1 vowel
G = 1 consonant
O = 1 vowel
G = 1 consonant
O = 1 vowel
CH = 1 consonant

[kelbillug]

I feel like such an idiot!! I SHOULD know that, my heritage is Welsh, I speak a small bit of Welsh (including knowing how to say the full version of Llanfair PG!) I guess I just didn't realise they considered the W as a vowel, I just knew it was pronounced as one.

::sheepish grin::

[kelbillug]

ummm... no Welsh pun intended on the 'sheepish' comment!! :)