The last few posts made here, they've shown up, made the most inane, idiotic, and pointless comments, upvoted each other in a frenzy of circle jerking, and generally made a pest of themselves.

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[–] subignition@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's eight syllables, but I think most minds would chunk it out as three or four units of short term memory ("papa", "kanga", "horo" or even "horohoro") which isn't too unreasonable to me compared to some more ...western sounding? place names.

(Though I am not the person you were responding to nor do I have experience with Maori. Just sharing my take)

[–] liv@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If we want to pronounce it properly we do it "Papa" - "ka" - "nga" - "horo" "horo".

I'd predict people who want to mangle it will probably go for something like "Paper" "kanga" "hoaro" (with a hard g like in kangaroo, argh) and leave the last bit off.

Paraparaumu gets called "Parrer Pram" by people who don't pronounce their reo. Not all of whom are pakeha I might add.

[–] Ilovethebomb -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, it's certainly possible to remember, but to describe it as an easy to remember word just seems so elitist.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If literacy standards have sunk so low that that's elitism, these are troubling times indeed.

[–] Ilovethebomb -4 points 2 years ago

You don't work in the trades, I take it?

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm elitist? F me.

It truly is one of the eiser [longer] te reo names that are in our good green [or not so] country.

[–] Ilovethebomb -2 points 2 years ago

Seriously? Just as easy as Taupo, for example?

Surely you can't think that in good faith.