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Old Apr 7th 2012 | 7:07 am
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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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Old Apr 7th 2012 | 8:16 am
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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
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 8:23 am
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Originally Posted by Peterfrombournemouth
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
Yup. That's what I keep saying now. But....OH Insists it's Tore-ron-toe. Lol.
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
Yup. That's what I keep saying now. But....OH Insists it's Tore-ron-toe. Lol.
It's homophonic with the capital of Albania, Tirana.
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
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.
I would say it's more teronoe than Trono.
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 9:28 am
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Originally Posted by JamesM
I would say it's more teronoe than Trono.
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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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Off topic (about time already) .
Like that!
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by Tony-the-Tigger
Like that!
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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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
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).
Erin and Aaron always makes me laugh
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 11:43 am
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Originally Posted by phat-dave
Erin and Aaron always makes me laugh
Yeh that comedy duo are 5* dude
 
Old Apr 7th 2012 | 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
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.
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.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
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).
How would you pronounce Dawn and Don differently?
Originally Posted by phat-dave
Erin and Aaron always makes me laugh
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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Originally Posted by Dorothy

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.
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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Originally Posted by JonboyE

Dawn is pronounced with an awe in the middle - it rhymes with thorn. Don, however, has a short o and rhymes with none.
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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Originally Posted by JonboyE
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.
So, it's Airin and A-ron then. And Dorn and Dun. Right?

And it's still Terono.
 


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