Australia is full of wonderful places and some have names that are easier to pronounce than others. It turns out many of us are turning to Google to find out the proper pronunciation.
When you visit the Queensland town, be sure to call it "Wawr-ik" as opposed to "Wa-rick".Ngunnawal in the Australian Capital Territory is named in tribute to the the Ngunnawal people, the original inhabitants of the area.
The right way to say the name is "NUN-nah-wol" but people commonly mispronounce it by saying "NGUN-uh-wawl".The inner city Sydney suburb of Balmain is commonly mispronounced as "Bal-mah-n" but the right way to say it is "Bal-mane".The nation's capital also made the list of most mispronounced places, coming in at number six.5.
If you're visiting Gloucester on the NSW mid north coast, be sure to call it "Gloss-ter" rather than "Glow-kester".
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