I watched 'The Nightingale' movie a few years ago. Throughout the movie (which was set in early nineteenth century Van Diemen's Land), the name 'Launceston' was said with 2 syllables (Launce-ston) instead of 3 (Laun-ce-ston) - I'd only heard it with said with 3 syllables until I saw that movie.

What gives? Was there actually a time in the early colony where it was known as the 2 syllable version, or is the movie just wrong? Does everybody there use 3 syllables (like they seem to on the mainland)? Or is there like a contingent of '2 syllables forever' hold-outs who insist on saying it the old way?

/r/Tasmania used to be full of people asking if their unachievable itinerary was possible.

Here's some good resources for planning trips in Tassie.

Feel free to add to this conversation!

Discover Tasmania

Discover Tasmania Pre-planned itineraries

Tasmanian Explorer

Self Drive Tasmania Itnineraries

Spirit of Tasmania Itinieraries

NOTE: It'll take you longer than expected. And yes, while you CAN depart from Cradle at 5am to catch the 8:30am boat departure at Strahan, I wouldn't recommend doing that!

Lets see how many users from Launceston, UK end up here asking about fish and chip shops like they used to on /r/launceston :-)