Place names mispronounced - why.

[Mothy]

Oh Dear - not many Australian entries here yet
Canberra = Can bra
Melbourne = Melbin
Sydney = Sinny or Sudney if your from New Zealand. It's right beside the ah-ba
Woolloomooloo = wulla maloo
Wagga Wagga = Wagga
Goono Goono = Gunna ganoo
Wollongong = Woollen Gong or The Gong
Tumbi Umbi, just down the road from Kangy Angy (try telling an HR department that that is your real town name)

The list is endless.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye's-911T

How about "Cairns" in North Queensland - Bill (bottom left hand corner) might be able give you the Aussie pronunciation of the town's name.

Cheers
JB

It's pronounced Ken's. Like you're going to Ken's house.

And on Sunday I'm going to Melbin.

Hey Mothy, what's it like in wollongong? It's nice and close to Sudney.






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[Mothy]

Dunno - these days I live in Mudgee (pronounced Ma Gee), which is not far from Bathurst (baa thest)

For the benefit our our USA friends, Australians do not pronounce their R's or D's and if we can shorten it we will.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Hey Bill

When I used to live in North Sydney - I heard it pronounced a lot like "cans" - a little softer than we here would say cans - kanz

Cheers
JB

[carmad]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
(pronounced [ˌɬanvairˌpuɬɡwɨ̞nˌɡɨ̞ɬɡoˌɡɛrəˌχwərnˌdrobuɬˌɬantɨ̞ˌ siljoˌɡoɡoˈɡoch, is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait.

Translation
Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

^^^The only time I ever heard that pronounced out loud was when I was forced by my then current girlfriend (who just happened to be Welsh) to watch Tom Jones weekly variety show & he said the name in response to some fan mail - totally Greek to me. It seemed at the time it was a whole sentence which Thanks to Julian, I now know it was.
Cheers
JB

[Bill Douglas]

I've just got back from Melbourne. AND it's not pronounced Melbin - that's the dirty kiwis that turn up in their thousands everyday. It's pronounced Mal-burn by the gorgeous, well educated young chickies who have populated the city.

While we are talking Melbourne... Melbourne is a beautiful city with river cruises, great bars, more European than Europe (well, almost), easy to get around with trams and cheap taxis. GREAT food. I'm not a "shopping" sorta guy but I did end up doing quite a lot of shopping - everything is so nice there So if you are visiting the great country of Australia, don't just go to Sydney, go south as well.

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

It's pronounced Mal-burn by the gorgeous, well educated young chickies who have populated the city.

Pics Bill?

[Bill Douglas]

OK, please excuse the bad photography - it was done with a small no-frills camera.

Beers on the Yarra river in 105 F temperature - phew.


River cruise on the Yarra


St Kilder - trendy beach neighbourhood.


GF used to live here as a 20 something. Lots of houses like this.
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Big ugly guy in random street scene. Trees all over the city.

[Brian in VA]

There's a road here, Powhite Pkwy. Depending on where you live, it is either Po-white (insert w.t. Joke here) or Pow-hite.