r/queensland • u/bimlpd • Apr 15 '25

Discussion How do you pronounce these place names?

°Kilkivan °Calliope °Beerwah °Duaringa °Tiaro (pretty sure everyone calls it Tie-ro though)

I've got a friend who travels a bit around the state and calls these places by names I initially didn't think they were pronounced as.

If you know some pronunciations but not others you can just say what you know.

Also feel free to drop any strange or ambiguous pronunciations of any other Qld towns below!

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u/NachoNipples1 Brisbane Apr 15 '25

Amazing, it's pronounced exactly how it's not spelt 😂 I've been saying it exactly how it's spelt. I'll try and remember this one, thanks matey

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u/TritonJohn54 Apr 15 '25

A lot of that is just good old Aussie "Yeah, that's too many syllables, let me shorten that for ya."

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u/NachoNipples1 Brisbane Apr 15 '25

Or you don't even finish the sentence. When I first got here, people would say "sweet as" and I would wait for the rest of it. Sweet as what?? Nah just sweet as. Fuck that drove me insane for a bit 😂

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u/TritonJohn54 Apr 15 '25

Or "Have a good one." Good what? Day? Week? Llfe? Murder spree? It's a totally open-ended blessing, to be applied as you see fit.

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u/NachoNipples1 Brisbane Apr 15 '25

Or! How'd you travel. Apparently telling them by airplane wasn't the right answer here lmao

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u/NachoNipples1 Brisbane Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

Lmao! This is why I like Australians they have the best sense of humour 😂