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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 26, 2015 2:50:12 GMT
Warrandyte. It is the name of a suburb not too far from me. (Aussies you don't count LOL! ) I was coming back from the airport this morning and decided to take a different route, so I turned on the Google Maps on my phone. The map lady speaks with an American accent. When she said to take the second exit at Research-Warrandyte Road, I had no idea what road she was talking about because she pronounced it so completely wrong. I'm looking at the word now and still cannot work out how it could possibly be pronounced any way other than the correct way. So come on, surprise me! I will update later with the correct and incorrect pronunciations. UPDATE: OK good, you're all pronouncing it correctly (albeit with a funny accent  ). It must be just the Google lady. Yes it is pronounced Warren-Dight, rhymes with bite or night. Google pronounces it Warren-Deeta, rhymes with Skeeta or Peter. (When I say Peter, I mean the Australian way of pronouncing Peter which is more like Peet-Uh because we don't pronounce our R's the same as in the US or Canada.) I cannot see how they could get "Deeta" out of "Dyte".  |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Dec 26, 2015 2:52:17 GMT
Uh. Just like it's spelled? Warren-dite.
My GPS has trouble with some numbered highways. LOL.
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Post by cyndijane on Dec 26, 2015 2:54:12 GMT
Uh. Just like it's spelled? Warren-dite. My GPS has trouble with some numbered highways. LOL. This is what I would've said. |
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Post by just PEAchy on Dec 26, 2015 2:55:15 GMT
Warren-dite
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 26, 2015 2:55:48 GMT
Same, Warren dite
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 26, 2015 2:56:18 GMT
War-AN-dyte?
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Post by SnoopyFan on Dec 26, 2015 3:00:18 GMT
Uh. Just like it's spelled? Warren-dite. That would be my guess, as well. |
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Post by peasapie on Dec 26, 2015 3:02:38 GMT
Wahr and ight
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 3:04:48 GMT
Warren-dite (wore-en-dite)for me, too, but that seems too obvious, so I'm guessing it's going to be something different, wahrn-dite?
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 26, 2015 3:09:49 GMT
This. War-an (Ann-like the woman's name)-dyte (rhymes with night) ETA: I would pronounce 'an' as 'Ann.' As in "she wore an ecru sweater" |
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Post by Leone on Dec 26, 2015 3:12:04 GMT
What woman's name?
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 26, 2015 3:23:13 GMT
Me? Ann...I will fix that.  |
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Post by melanell on Dec 26, 2015 3:32:57 GMT
Add me to the list who would say "warren" , as in the name, and "dite", rhymes with "bite".
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Post by Zee on Dec 26, 2015 3:46:30 GMT
Warren-dite
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Post by theshyone on Dec 26, 2015 3:50:06 GMT
Warrandyte. It is the name of a suburb not too far from me. (Aussies you don't count LOL! ) I was coming back from the airport this morning and decided to take a different route, so I turned on the Google Maps on my phone. The map lady speaks with an American accent. When she said to take the second exit at Research-Warrandyte Road, I had no idea what road she was talking about because she pronounced it so completely wrong. I'm looking at the word now and still cannot work out how it could possibly be pronounced any way other than the correct way. So come on, surprise me! I will update later with the correct and incorrect pronunciations. UPDATE: OK good, you're all pronouncing it correctly (albeit with a funny accent ). It must be just the Google lady. Yes it is pronounced Warren-Dight, rhymes with bite or night. Google pronounces it Warren-Deeta, rhymes with Skeeta or Peter. (When I say Peter, I mean the Australian way of pronouncing Peter which is more like Peet-Uh because we don't pronounce our R's the same as in the US or Canada.) I cannot see how they could get "Deeta" out of "Dyte". Alberta Emergency Alert had a tornado warning this past summer for the town of Ponoka. Lived within an hour of it my entire life, had no idea where the place was that was mentioned. No clue how the automated voice got the pronounciation that was used. That's dangerous, many felt the same way. |
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Post by mom on Dec 26, 2015 4:02:34 GMT
I don't know how to correctly say it but this post makes me laugh.
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 26, 2015 4:54:34 GMT
GPS can be funny - mine pronounces College Blvd with a hard g sound. Makes me laugh every time.
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Post by scorpeao on Dec 26, 2015 5:26:51 GMT
My GPS mispronounces all sorts of streets in my area. They make me laugh and it's now how I pronounce the streets too. Btw...I would've said warren dite as well.
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Post by polz on Dec 26, 2015 6:43:01 GMT
Try living in New Zealand where the place names and street names are Maori and the GPS is not lol. We are small market, so it would not be worth making a just NZ GPS. Fun times!
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Post by camcas on Dec 26, 2015 8:44:16 GMT
You are so right Polz!
I have a friend who lives in Whangerei...I heard her pronounce it. "Fon-ger-ay"
She sent me a letter and I was confused when I saw it written,expecting it to be pronounced "wang - ger -rye"
Maori is difficult!
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Post by wellway on Dec 26, 2015 9:38:58 GMT
We have used our GPS system in Ireland and France and it has delivered quite a few laughs, some of the places names are just too much for it to manage.
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Post by Judie in Oz on Dec 26, 2015 9:59:14 GMT
I'd like to know a US one: Snowqualmie Falls. It can't be as simple as it looks I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 12:00:46 GMT
Lol, I was thinking warren ditie, like Aphrodite. It must be that y throwing things off. We have a street called Debbie near us, just plain ole Debbie, but to hear our GPS say it you would think it was some exotic name. duhBEEyuh every time. We have now taken to calling it that too.  |
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Post by littlemama on Dec 26, 2015 13:56:53 GMT
Warren-dite.
My GPS pronounces Stonegate as Stahn-uh-gut. She is American. I am American, I don't know what her problem is!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 15:22:35 GMT
I'd like to know a US one: Snowqualmie Falls. It can't be as simple as it looks I guess. This one is as simple as it looks! (no "w" though = Snoqualmie) snow-QWALL-mee |
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Post by rahnee on Dec 27, 2015 6:39:11 GMT
Not so long back ours had us going down Frankston-Flynders Road (should be Flinders). We still call it that now as a laugh. We were on our way to Healesville which it pronounced Healers ville.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 27, 2015 13:23:36 GMT
It's the google voice. You should hear the mispronunciation a she makes here in pretty simple roads.
Don't even ask what 'she' does with words like Totowa and Haledon.
One day I had to pull over I was laughing so hard that 'she' had said Belly view ave for Belleview. Totally cracked me purge first time.
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). It must be just the Google lady.
