I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
4 points

What percentage of NZ could actually pronounce it though? It’s an absolute mouthful.

permalink
report
parent
reply
16 points

Papa-kanga-horo-horo. Eight syllables, pretty straightforward. My Māori is pretty trash, but after one read of it and a handful of times saying it out loud it’s pretty simple.

My advice to anyone complaining about it is to just say it out loud a few times. I guarantee that by the time you’ve said it to the moving company, the power company, the insurance company and your mum, you’ll have it locked down.

It also has the added bonus of being completely unique, so there’s no chance of your ambulance being dispatched to park terrace on the other side of town while you’re choking on park road.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

It’s definitely a lot easier when you break it up like that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

I don’t know man. It would just take a couple of tries to get it and then get used to it like pretty much anything new?

Honestly I’ve never cared what the name of the street I lived on was or how long it is.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Aotearoa / New Zealand

!newzealand@lemmy.nz

Create post

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

Rules:

 

Matariki banner image by Davide De Martin & the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator. Got an idea for next month’s banner?

Community stats

  • 1

    Monthly active users

  • 92

    Posts

  • 605

    Comments