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39. Germans are amateurs compared to the Welsh and the Finns.

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:05 PM

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Although you’ll love this story: when my younger daughter was in law school in the States, her class was once asked to read parts of some judgment out loud. The case had to do with Volkswagen. The passage my daughter was asked to read contained the full formal name of VW: Volkswagenaktiensgesellschaft. She read right through it like it was nothing. Her whole class and the professor all went “WHOA!! How did you do that?” She look at them and reminded them, “I’m German!” Her English was so good by then that most of them had forgotten where she was from.

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Best Welsh joke I ever heard. [View all] DFW Jun 13 OP

Woo-hoo! DFW is back! WestMichRad Jun 13 #1

I do feel OK, thanks. But that is the dangerous part DFW Jun 13 #13

Love it SuzyandPuffpuff Jun 13 #2

Home of the Whopperllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoc twodogsbarking Jun 13 #3

Yeah, but keep in mind, there are tourists to respect, so............ DFW Jun 13 #7

I'd like to buy a vowel. twodogsbarking Jun 13 #8

As you may have surmised by the way their towns are spelled DFW Jun 13 #12

Part of the problem is that the puzzle board extends well into the neighboring buildings on each side! nt SeattleVet Jun 13 #31

Snort ❤️😺 littlemissmartypants Jun 13 #4

That's a good one Picaro Jun 13 #5

Hi there DFW! How are you feeling? Great joke! Diamond_Dog Jun 13 #6

I am in that most dangerous stage DFW Jun 13 #10

Haha those are hilarious! Diamond_Dog Jun 13 #15

So glad to see you back! Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #28

GOOD one!!! calimary Sunday #36

I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Siwsan Jun 13 #9

Agree, Siwsan, being Welsh must be fun and tongue twisting. Polly Hennessey Jun 13 #16

I spent a year there druidity33 Jun 13 #21

Because of my surname, which is VERY common in Wales, everyone I met said I might be a cousin Siwsan Jun 13 #22

I did a lot of hitch-hiking around druidity33 Jun 13 #25

Percentages are slightly down in recent years TommyT139 Jun 13 #27

So have I! I remember taking a photo of my parents in front of that extremely long sign! Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #29

I've heard lots of people pronounce it Siwsan Sunday #37

That's actually pretty easy to pronounce..... lastlib Jun 13 #34

I heard that as a Texas joke cab67 Jun 13 #11

That puts us all in a which came first dilemma DFW Jun 13 #14

The first Dairy Queen in Texas was 1947 IronLionZion Jun 13 #18

Knowing Wales DFW Jun 13 #24

1992 in Cardiff IronLionZion Jun 13 #26

I heard it as a Texas joke too... momta Jun 13 #17

Explore the Jaw-Dropping Charm of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch! IronLionZion Jun 13 #19

I heard this as a Wisconsin joke, Oconomowoc fargone Jun 13 #20

It's certainly the best Welsh joke I've ever heard, but also the worst, as it's the only one I've ever heard. NNadir Jun 13 #23

Not to be outdone by the Welsh, Massachusetts has its own entry: Totally Tunsie Jun 13 #30

If the native Americans had ever had phonetic written languages DFW Sunday #40

A version of the same joke in Texas for forty-plus years, I guess. Ilsa Jun 13 #32

Been around in Texas for a very long time. Name of the town differs. efhmc Sunday #38

How to celebrate St. David's Day cyclonefence Jun 13 #33

I thought Germans coined long words, Lionel Mandrake Sunday #35

Germans are amateurs compared to the Welsh and the Finns. DFW Sunday #39

I think I know where she got her language ability. Lionel Mandrake Monday #42

We are fairly sure, anyway DFW Monday #43

By a strange coincidence, that's where Lionel Mandrake Tuesday #44

I was there in 1982 mcar Sunday #41