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Ok you lot who live in or around Toronto, how do you say it now you been here a while.

Tor-ron-toe.

Or

Trono.

Or

Tron-toe.

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it`s Trono , of course . I will never forget when I came here 35 years ago and our Air Canada pilot announced welcome to Trono , my family and I had a chuckle , but it soon became the accepted pronunciation

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Yup. That's what I keep saying now. But....OH Insists it's Tore-ron-toe. Lol.

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It's homophonic with the capital of Albania, Tirana.

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I would say it's more teronoe than Trono.

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Off topic (about time already) but it always puzzles me that the forenames Dawn and Don are indistinguishable to Torontonians (perhaps to all Canadians, I don't know).

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Like that!

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Ha ha. Whatever guys.

Ok what about tomato

are you still saying , toe-mar-toe.

Or are you now saying tomaydo?

I now don't feel as stupid saying tomaydo when ordering my sub anymore.

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Erin and Aaron always makes me laugh :D

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Yeh that comedy duo are 5* dude ;)

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I'm born and raised in Southern Ontario. It's Terono. I've just asked my Oakville raised husband and listened to myself and it's definitely Terono.
How would you pronounce Dawn and Don differently?
Same with Erin and Aaron. How are they pronounced differently? Here in Australia both Dawn/Don and Erin/Aaron are pronounced the same as each other.

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Trunnoe!

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Erin is pronounced with a short e as is step. Aaron with a long a as in stray.

Dawn is pronounced with an awe in the middle - it rhymes with thorn. Don, however, has a short o and rhymes with none.

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Couldn't have put it better myself. Perhaps.

But to return the thread to things for Torontonians, I discovered a superb Indian restaurant last night, a bit by default.

Our fave Indian has been Jaipur at East Beaver Creek, just north of highway 7, since it opened in 2003. We were planning on that last night, but when I phoned to make sure it was open on Good Friday, the number was out of service. Horror, on further checking it's gone out of business.

Now I know why. Another much better Indian, much, much, much better is now just down the road at 760E Hwy 7. It's called The Host and serves the best Indian food I've ever had.

Aside from the usual Brit-Indian stuff there are numerous dishes on the menu that I've never heard of. We tried a starter (unfortunately I wasn't taking notes) but it was delicious and quite different from the standard stuff.

We were less adventuress on the main courses (for reasons of comparison) but they were superb.

We'll be going back there (very often).

And it's still T'rana.

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So, it's Airin and A-ron then. And Dorn and Dun. Right?

And it's still Terono. :D

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Torontorinos, Tarantella, Tortilla chips, Tortellinis

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Barely been here two years, so I say Te-ronto - taking care to enunciate that last 'T' very clearly. Same goes for water, butter and to-mar-toes. To-may-do sounds fine if you have a north-american accent, but it makes me feel queasy when a Brit says it with one of those hybrid trans-atlantic accents. <<shudders>> So please stop. :p

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I'm desperately clinging to the Ts in an attempt to keep a British accent around. Apparently I'm now in the weird middle group where I now sound Australian rather than British or Canadian *cringe*

Also had an interesting discuss with the gf yesterday about the pronounciation of 'Bowls' (as in that old persons bowling game) and 'Balls'

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Its definitely "Tarana" in good ol Canadian Hockey Spoke, EH!.

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Also Sian and Sean seem to be tricky for the locals here.

OH regularly calls one of my best friends back in the UK Sean changing her from female to male!!

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Not by this Aussie Dorothy :) Dorn and Don, Air-en and A-ron.

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Americans tend to pronounce it "Toe-Ron-Toe".

Another variation, perhaps more redneck and less Bay street, would be "Trawna".

Common theme here is that the second "T" is silent.

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Albertans try not to refer to Toronto. If this is absolutely unavoidable, they will generally say "Hog Town". Under duress, they may occasionally articulate "Trana", stare apologetically at their boots then take a large swig of beer to wash the taste away.

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Where's Alberta?

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Alberta has been reported to have its head up its ass. Your post added much credibility to the claim.

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Ah. I thought it might be close to Brazil. You know, where the nuts come from.

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The waste land between BC and Ontario with the occasional nice mountain to ski on.

The largest city in this land is called Halifax, the second Saskatchewan and there is a big oil pit called Calgary.

I once visted an airport there called Fort McMurray. It was even stranger than Fort York.

Saskatchewan airport was mildly disturbing. There was a news agent which had an extremely large density of magazines on guns and hunting.

Best to just fly over. Like you would any country in middle Africa.

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A little defensive aren’t we? It’s interesting that you come on to a British expat forum simply to defend Canada at all costs against any criticism, jokes or flippant remark and belittle anyone who dares to express an opinion that’s divergent of yours. One does wonder.

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It's hip (replacement) to be square :thumbup:

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Hip op?


I'll get my coat.

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That's better than mine :thumbup:

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The Host is fab!!! great onion bhaji - it's Trono........:)