It is certainly fair to say "Wok-a-tarny" (Whakatane) when you have kids in the car lmao
----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list offtopic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: RE: How do you spell Delphi? > Some places have different names depending on what language you are talking > in. So it may have an English name as well as a local name, both forms are > correct, and pronunciation may be the only difference, or the names could be > quite different in spelling. Pa-riss is English, Paree is French. Gothenburg > is English, Gvteborg (yur-ta-boree I think) is Swedish. > > So, is it fair to say that Whangarei is pronounced Wong-ga-ray in English? > Even though that butchers the maori? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list offtopic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:32 PM > Subject: RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: RE: How do you spell Delphi? > > > > > > Ah but your argument falls over because the person in your argument is not > a > > born and breed local of Paris, and if they were, they would say "Paree" > > which is of course the correct pronunciation. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Allan, Samuel > > Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 12:50 p.m. > > To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic > > Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: RE: How do you spell Delphi? > > > > Are they maori names? Because if they are, then surely the locals when > > they were named were maori? So surely the maori pronunciation is > > correct? And the current locals simply can't even pronounce the name of > > their own town right :-) > > > > That's like going to live in Paris then saying that seeing as you are > > now a local, and you say it Paris then that is correct pronunciation, > > never mind that the French say it Paree. (Or differently from me > > anyway). > > > > So unless they are not maori names, then the maori pronunciation is > > correct, and good on the TV presenters for trying. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/
