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I used to get amused at the times that Augie Auer couldn't get his American accent around some NZ place names especially Kawerau which always seemed to get NZ's maximum temperature.Michael wrote:No it wasn't it wasn't Awumaru either or Towpo or even faung-garie![]()
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:...are you sure it wasn't "Car weara" as that place falsely gets a lots of NZ's max temps?
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Not only Maori names, he used to call Greymouth - Grimmith - which I thought was quite funny

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These TV weather pronunciations are like fingers down a blackboard to me. I scratch my head, wondering how on Earth they concocted their latest interpretation of an apparently easily-pronounced collection of syllables and consonants. It's like listening to a teenage polytech art student making up names for her unborn baby...NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:I used to get amused at the times that Augie Auer couldn't get his American accent around some NZ place names especially Kawerau which always seemed to get NZ's maximum temperature.
Not only Maori names, he used to call Greymouth - Grimmith - which I thought was quite funny![]()
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