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Why does "Lloyd" have two L's? It only needs one. nt (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2015 OP
I'll guess that there was once an apostrophe between the L's, and before that, a letter. arcane1 Oct 2015 #1
al'Loyd ? A man of real mettle ? nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #12
From Saudi Arabia! WinkyDink Oct 2015 #13
More likely Solder Arabia. :) nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #15
I am not worthy. :-) WinkyDink Oct 2015 #20
I'd Mecca joke but that one's hard to top pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #21
Because it is Welsh and they get a prize for using extra consonants. FSogol Oct 2015 #2
Yep, Wales. hunter Oct 2015 #5
My great grandfather came from Llanfihangel y Creuddyn csziggy Oct 2015 #8
wow! impressive!!!! magical thyme Oct 2015 #10
Yep. It's Wwelshh. hifiguy Oct 2015 #23
Yep I'm Welsh and my maiden name is Williams. See? CTyankee Nov 2015 #32
Why does raccoon have two Cc? Ptah Oct 2015 #3
Good question--came from Algonquian (Powhatan) arahkun. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #4
Partly because older English spelling tends to be pretty random ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #16
I ask that of a Lloyd I once knew.... Jade Fox Oct 2015 #6
It's Welsh, which has frogmarch Oct 2015 #7
Why does "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll" have six L's? It only needs three. KamaAina Oct 2015 #9
Guess we're lucky it doesn't have nine. nt LiberalElite Oct 2015 #19
It should be spelled "Loid" Generic Brad Oct 2015 #11
As in, "The Loids of Brooklyn." WinkyDink Oct 2015 #14
Loids Of Lunden olddots Oct 2015 #17
It's for a double dose of lovin' nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #18
Why are Cap'n Crunch's eyebrows on his hat? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #22
That's one reason I could never eat those 2naSalit Nov 2015 #28
Cap'n Crunch is sweet, but they did scratch the top of my mouth. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #29
Why is there an L in Noel? rug Oct 2015 #24
My best friends are having a little girl... Chan790 Nov 2015 #30
Send them this for a Christmas card. rug Nov 2015 #31
Don't even get me started on 'vaccuum' pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #25
Unless it's Carli Lloyd. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #26
they wanted to change it, but they couldn't decide which "L" to remove virtualobserver Oct 2015 #27
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. I'll guess that there was once an apostrophe between the L's, and before that, a letter.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 02:07 PM
Oct 2015

But I'm plucking that out of thin air and should not be relied upon

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
2. Because it is Welsh and they get a prize for using extra consonants.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 02:29 PM
Oct 2015

Consider these town names in Wales:

Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llandrindod Wells, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llandysul, Llanelli, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfairfechan, Llanfyllin, Llangefni, Llangollen, Llanidloes, Llanrwst, Llantrisant, Llantwit Major, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llanybydder, Llanishen

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
8. My great grandfather came from Llanfihangel y Creuddyn
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:27 PM
Oct 2015

But I have no idea how to pronounce it. I should ask this guy - he could teach me how to say it:



In case you didn't catch it, the town is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlll­lantysiliogogogoch.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
16. Partly because older English spelling tends to be pretty random ...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:42 AM
Oct 2015

it took a long time for conventions to settle down. Would you believe "gheryle" became "girl"? Plus, when the English import a word from another language (as with raccoon), they tend to mangle it pretty badly.

Um, people who live in glass houses ...

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)
6. I ask that of a Lloyd I once knew....
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 03:29 PM
Oct 2015

and he said it was to distinguish the Welsh Lloyds from the British Loyds.

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
7. It's Welsh, which has
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:12 PM
Oct 2015

lots of double L words. Mr. froggy was named Llwyd at birth, which is Welsh, but it got Americanized and he's Lloyd now.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
9. Why does "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll" have six L's? It only needs three.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:14 PM
Oct 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (pronounced [ɬanˌvairpuɬˈɡwɨ̞nɡɨ̞ɬ]) is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. It is alternatively known as Llanfairpwll, Llanfair PG, or Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch.


Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
11. It should be spelled "Loid"
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 09:30 PM
Oct 2015

Someone had to finally say it. I was the one who stepped up to the plate.

Loid.

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
28. That's one reason I could never eat those
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 02:19 AM
Nov 2015

aside from the fact that they taste awful, just too creepy.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
30. My best friends are having a little girl...
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:47 AM
Nov 2015

they won't tell me what they're naming her, but at one point it was going to be Noelle until I started referring to their unborn daughter as No-E-E. I know they're not the sort of people to foresee how their child will be abused by peers for the name they give her.

5 year olds can be such assholes.

I'm an asshole too but I'm not wrong. Even his mother agreed, said they might as well just name the girl "Larda" or "Bruce" or "Neveah" and get it over with if they're not going to contemplate the ramifications for verbal bullying of a name.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
31. Send them this for a Christmas card.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 01:13 PM
Nov 2015


I knew a woman who worked in the maternity ward of a hospital who said a mother wanted to neme her daughter Placenta Previa.

Her heart was in the right place because it sounded pretty.
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