In message , Gregory Procter writes
So how do you pronounce Takaka?
Train ferries - still.
Sep 27, 2004
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Works both ways, we had a Kiwi pilot staying with us in the 70s, eventually he found a flat in a place called Baguley (close to Manchester airport), normally pronounced bag-lee by the locals, Frasier referred to it as Bag oo ley
In the Maori language each syllable ends with a vowel (there are always exceptions) and each syllable gets even emphasis. (no exceptions) Ta-ka-ka. We locals tend to run the first two syllables together slightly which offends the PC types.
Regards, Greg.P.
Sure, but I was already giving an example of it working both ways ;-)
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