For the second time in history, surfing is an Olympic sport. Instead of the coast of France, surfers have traveled to Teahupo’o, home to some of the world’s most dangerous waves.
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_”ti-ah-ho-pu”_ ?? Is this how Olympics reporters are pronouncing this name? Is this how all outsiders pronounce this name? Why is it so hard for people to correctly pronounce Polynesian words? I’m no expert, but I lived in Hawaii for several years, and I quickly learned how simple the vowel sounds (and glottal stop okina sound) are to make. It’s very easy. This one would be “te-ah-hu-po-oh,” making sure to have that “uh-oh” glottal stop sound between the final two syllables. Try it.
You’re telling me it’s pronounced exactly how it’s spelled and they’re still messing it up?? The announcers had me thinking it must be a hard word but nope.
@rearct Yep. As an American traveler who tries hard to get local pronunciation correct wherever I go, it irritates me. So I had to comment lol Maybe pedantic, but I think it’s important. And Polynesian languages are cool
It’s not that difficult to pronounce Teahupo’o correctly if one takes the little bit of time to actually care.
Wait till you find out how “Paris” is actually pronounced.
@csr7080 Is that supposed to be a joke…? It’s a poor one. It seems that you don’t know much about the etymology of the word _Paris._ Wait till you find out how that _r_ was not always raspy, and that _s_ was not always silent. It’s no wonder that travelers from different places referred to it differently over the course of centuries. That settlement on the Seine, named after a Gaulish tribe, has been around for thousands of years, and has seen many iterations of spelling and pronunciation. This language situation is not comparable to our pronunciation of Polynesian words, which were only oral– not written at all– until European expansion in the Pacific. When we started using Roman letters to write out the sounds of these words, it was only 200 years ago, and the pronunciation *_has not changed since._* What I am pointing out here is a matter of misreading, and possible laziness and disinterest in simply getting the vowel sounds right. It’s not that hard.
Hello 👋. I am a human from Earth. Where are you from?
Mars, just time travelling here from the year 2598. Doing a paper on Earthlympics back in the 21st century.
@csr7080 they still use paper in 2598
@csr7080 You classic Martians. Always looking back and never looking forward. Earth #1 in the galaxy.
I’m so excited to watch, it’s paradise
I dream to surf this wave one day
is that the lady from the Anyone But Me webseries 👀