Talk:Manuka, Australian Capital Territory

message: There was a reference to the pronunciation of the place being different to the pronunciation of the New Zealand tea tree because of how Queen Elizabeth might have pronounced it when she visted Canberra in 1954.  By 1954 the place was well established and I do not believe that she would have influenced the pronounciation.  Secondly the drawn out "a" (Marnucka)with the emphasis on the first syllable - does not sit well with a British accent.  Further there is a strong connection of the British Royal family to NZ including a Queen's Service Order which incorporates a stylised manuka flower - the Queen is likely to have heard the NZ pronunciation more often than that of  shopping centre in Canberra, albeit the order was established in 1975. If you want to include the queen with reference to the pronunciation , please cite a source.--AYArktos 10:52, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I indicated the source as anecdotal and I've heard it often enough that there may be a grain of truth to it. Since there is no other explanation I think it is worth including. If someone has contradictory evidence then they can correct it rather than remove the anecdotal explanation. People change their pronunciation of common words when they are used differently by celebrities so I don't think it is that unrealistic. With regards to my pronunciation guide, Americans and others may interpret nuck to be nook whereas I don't think anyone is going to get confused by a long aa sound. Ideally this would be replaced with proper phonic representation but I'm not familiar with that. Garglebutt / (talk) 22:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I am a third generation Canberran, and have confirmed with my mother who lived in Canberra from 1950 that the pronunciation predated the Queen's 1954 visit.  I have never heard the anecdote to which you refer.  There is not reference to it via an internet search nor in histories I have of Canberra; most notably Lionel Wigmores "The Long View" fails to mention it.  As Wigmore's book is, although authoratitive, fairly anecdotal in tone, I think the anecdote did not have any currency in the early 60s when he was writing. Furthermore, in terms of encyclopaedic style I think the principle should be, if you cannot cite a source leave it out, not, as was proposed, in the absence of any sources to the contrary leave it in.  However, since I have it on verbal advice from a resident of Canberra pre 1954 that the pronunciation did not change in 1954, it should stay out.--AYArktos 23:21, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Oh well that's more evidence than I have! it will remain a mystery for now. Garglebutt / (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: A few sources for pronunciation. Are these useful? Should Mānuka honey's pronunciation be changed?
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Cheers Adakiko (talk) 12:12, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation revisited

message: The article still needs to deal with the planning decision to place Kingston shops, also a major centre so close and the issues arising from that competition.--AYArktos 10:57, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Competition with Kingston 

message: Currently the article says:
"Business allotments for Manuka were included in the first auction of city leases in December 2004." 
2004 is obviously supposed to be something else. I'm guessing maybe 1924, although it is possible that it was 1914 and that nothing moved there for 10 years. Can somebody either confirm, or just 'be bold' and edit to 1924.   Adz 07:18, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: sorry - should have been 1924 - mea culpa - or perhaps I was just checking if anyone read it - maybe not ....--AYArktos 12:11, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auction of allotments 

message: I put the bit about it being confused as a suburb at the top, seems fairly common to do - found 64 results on google for "suburb of Manuka" -  Not sure how to best put the wording. More people interstate would have heard of Manuka than Griffith, so it doesnt seem right to just say that it is located in Griffith? Cfitzart 04:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Area/suburb 

message: I wanted to collect miscellaneous facts here on the talk page before trying to put them in the article. Please feel free to add, correct, suggest how to incorporate ...--AYArktos 01:40, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miscellaneous facts 

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message: Hi Bart-1011, I'm reverting your addition of the text "The current Mayor of the City of Manuka is John-Paul Romano." for the following reasons: the reference cited is not a reliable, published source; the source does not make any mention of mayors or otherwise; I believe the edit is being made in an autobiographical way; and finally, the claim is false - the Australian Capital Territory Local Government Area does not have Mayors. Your enthusiasm and community-spirit are admirable, but in this case the edit is inappropriate. Please do not  re-add this content to the document Tsnoad (talk) 02:05, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mayor position within Manuka government structure