Maori Place Names

joejoem

Try pronouncing this one...it literally means..." the brow of a hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, who travelled the land, played his flute to his loved one.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikiiflaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

MooShop

joejoem wrote:

Try pronouncing this one...it literally means..." the brow of a hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, who travelled the land, played his flute to his loved one.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikiiflaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

wtf

tauma - ata - whaka - tang - i - hang - ako - auau - ota - mat - eat - uri - pukak - a - pikii - fla - ung - a - horon - uku - pok - ai - when - u - a - kit - ana - tahu

thats my break down of it a hell of a lot easier to pronounce as a whole word

keevita

joejoem wrote:

Try pronouncing this one...it literally means..." the brow of a hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, who travelled the land, played his flute to his loved one.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikiiflaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

you do nothing at work. either do i, i am trying to pronounce the place name.

MooShop

its virtually impossible to pronounce it as a whole word, but when you break it up it doesnt sound like one word (more like 20!!!)

Eoin

reminds me of the Welsh town that has the longest domain name in the world:

www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com

A town in North Wales meaning "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" in Welsh

Can you imagine having your email address at that domain?

Kali

eoin_s wrote:

Can you imagine having your email address at that domain?

yep.. no spam

YeatsCounty

Longest Street name in Yorkshire is 'Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate'. It is actually the smallest Street in York.

That's not that hard to pronounce. Proves that yorkshire folk aren't:

1. Welsh
2. Maoris
3. Complicated in the slightest.

Eoin

Kali wrote:

yep.. no spam

Ah - good point, would nearly make up for the A4 sized business card you would need