What's in a STREET name?

[sgtiger]

a as in car
e as in pear
i as in me
o as core
u as in shoe

As long as you remember the vowel sounds, you can say pretty much anything in Maori and pretty much accurately.

Same vowel sounds in Hawaiian. When I first moved to Hawaii I read a sign that said Likelike Hwy. My cousin busted out laughing and informed me it was pronounced Lee-kay-lee-kay.