<div dir="ltr"><div class="" id="media-asset-page-text"><h1>US ambassador learns Welsh ahead of Nato summit</h1> <p class=""><strong>31 August 2014</strong> Last updated at 11:09 BST </p> <div class=""> <p>In
advance of President Barack Obama's visit to Wales for the 2014 NATO
Summit, US ambassador Matthew Barzun has been learning Welsh. </p><p>He
can be seen rehearsing a welcome speech and even manages to successfully
pronounce the name of the Anglesey village
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which is the
longest place name in Britain.</p><p>The two-day summit at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort on 4-5 September will be attended by 150 world leaders.</p>
<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-28996083">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-28996083</a><br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------
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