Australian Place Name Pronunciations

Si-Co · 2018-08-21 01:17:08 UTC

From watching WIN News Tas, I assume Swansea is pronounced “Swan-sea” as opposed to “Swan-zee” in Wales.

Radiohead · 2018-08-21 02:56:55 UTC

We have a Swansea up here in Newcastle as well, same pronunciation as the Tasmanian town.

Didn’t know the Wales one was different.

ando9185 · 2018-08-21 12:40:10 UTC

Apparently the pronunciation of Launceston is different in the UK too. Here it is Lon-ces-ton (not Lawn-ces-ton) or Lonnie but over in the UK it is pronounced Lan-sten.