Talk:Taupō

Pronounciation ?

Considering there are two fairly common was to pronounce the word can someone update this bit, perhaps making which is official. Not that I can seem to find much about it online - SimonLyall 13:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

From all my time living in Taupo and staying on Marae, I have only been instructed on the single pronounciation (as it appears currently). - Seriocomic 23:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Well until about 5 years ago every time I heard it (including TV) it was pronounced like "cow-po" and now it is "tow-paw" by some (but not all). perhaps something like the Shibboleth bit at the bottom of the Oamaru. - SimonLyall 00:38, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I fully understand where you are coming from, but are we to educate as to the correct (via phonetic rather than character interpretation) pronounciation or are we to explain that due to lack of education there exist(s)ed another coloquial. I am not a language or Te Reo Māori authority. Perhaps flagging the pronounciation as in need of expert correction would be an idea. I will in the mean-time remove the 'toe-paw' part and leave the IPC. - Seriocomic 03:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

In Turangi we say tow-paw, but as Simon said, about 5 or so years ago a lot of people said cow-po. Athrough, it won't hurt to have both, with a footnote, saying something like "This was the pronounciation used by Non Maori, but is not correct..." Brian | (Talk) 05:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

In Te Reo Māori, the diphthong "au" is basically pronounced like the "oe" in "toe". To more accurately recreate the sound, however, you move your mouth from an "ah" shape to an "oo" shape smoothly, without emphasising the change. And of course "o" is pronounced like the "o" in "oar". That just leaves the consonants, and there's nothing tricky there. I believe the current pronunciation is correct, and "toe-paw" is probably the closest phoenetically. I don't think it's absolutely necessary to include a note about a previous and incorrect pronunciation, but I'm not against it. However, it would then be necessary to go back through most Māori place names and include the same note. Whangarei springs to mind instantly. --Gatekepa 15:09, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo

[1] there a photos on the Lake Taupo article if you want a photo of the lake, or is it a photo of the township area wanted? Brian | (Talk) 22:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC) Bold text

radio list i fink that the list of radio stations and their freikwinses was a good thing on taupo so ho deleted it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiwiclipart (talk • contribs) 08:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Suburb Articles

I note that separate articles are being generated for each suburb of Taupo. However, it seems unlikely that they are ever likely to move beyond sub-stubs - unless they are fille with inane stuff like "there is a primary school, playcentre and 2 dairies". I think that there is a case for articles for some suburbs of larger cities where there is a reasonable history (for example Riccarton in Christchurch which was a separate Brorough until 1989), but Taupo is very young (population c. 1000 in the 1940's) and there is little history for individual suburbs that is verifiable or noteworthy. The section on suburbs in this article could well be expanded to carry any additional relevant information. dramatic 00:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Well i created all of those articles on the suberbs of taupo and it took a lot of work i am for maybe merging it with the taupo article but i deffenintly dont it to be deleted because a little infomation is better than nothing --Kiwiclipart 08:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)