Thread: GPS speak - will it change the way we say things?

I too find some amusement in the GPS pronunciation of my streets. Here every street is a battle name from distant shores.

Name GPS
Nazdab Nad-jib
Malaya May- Liar
Buna Boona
Vivi Vy-Vy

But it get Salamander right.

Easo

Its not only GPS's that get pronuncations wrong . Even local TV stations cant say towns in their viewing area right. What gives. Have to listen REEEL hard to see where they are talking about
Gary

I love all the people complaining about these devices,yet insist on having them......what ever happened to the refidex or a map. I will never own a nav gps....just more techno landfill as far as I'm concerned.

Being from Brissy, I always like the Sydney newsreader pronunciation of
"Bribie " with a short i as in is.
The one that gets everyone , including me at first is " Tallangatta" which is pronounced "Tal ang g tah" G as in Goo.
My Mother in law always used to call "Cunnamulla" Cullamulla , and she was from Surat, so maybe she had picked up some er "local speak"

Regards Philip A

I have always understood that it was compulsory in Australia, when pronouncing a town name that consisted of more than two syllables, to insert a "bloody" between the second and third syllables. eg. Cunnamulla becomes automatically, Cunnabloodymulla, Andamooka becomes Andabloodymooka Wollongong becomes wollonbloodygong,and so on, with the only noticeable exception that I am aware of being Leigh Bloody Creek.
Ever since I have had my GPS I have programmed it to "Australian speak" and have never yet heard it pronounce the full Aussie version of any three syllable town name.
I am most disappointed!
Regards
Glen

G'day PhilipA

You will also remember southerners saying Mt.Gravat instead of the Brisbane pronunciation of Mt Gra-vatt

Originally Posted by 33chinacars

Its not only GPS's that get pronuncations wrong . Even local TV stations cant say towns in their viewing area right. What gives. Have to listen REEEL hard to see where they are talking about
Gary

Princess Hwy instead of Princes is a common one around Sydney (drive me crazy )


Martyn

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

I have always understood that it was compulsory in Australia, when pronouncing a town name that consisted of more than two syllables, to insert a "bloody" between the second and third syllables. eg. Cunnamulla becomes automatically, Cunnabloodymulla, Andamooka becomes Andabloodymooka Wollongong becomes wollonbloodygong,and so on, with the only noticeable exception that I am aware of being Leigh Bloody Creek.
Ever since I have had my GPS I have programmed it to "Australian speak" and have never yet heard it pronounce the full Aussie version of any three syllable town name.
I am most disappointed!
Regards
Glen

I thought there were exceptions to the "bloody" rule where you have to add "wheelbarra" to towns containing the syllable "bara"? Coonabarabran becomes "Coona-wheelbarra-bran".

Does anyone have a street etc "Mainwaring" near them? I'd be interested whether it pronounces it the correct "manna-ring" or "main-wear-ing" or even "main-war-ing"!