The doctor is in
For a record setting third post in a day. Fresh from some gratuitous pedantry on Fuel55's recent post, it's time to mount another one of my hobby-horses.
I've just been watching the final episode from the Aussie Millions on YouTube. So let's get this straight:
You all saw and heard Joe Hachem's cheering section at the WSOP. "Aussie" is pronounced as in "Ozzie and Harriet", not as in "osseous", or the middle two syllables of "velocity". Ok got it?
While we're at it, it's Brisbun and Melbun. You can get away with Sydney, though Sinney is more common -- I won't even try to explain Perth or Adelaide, the latter of which sounds like some rather nasty medical condition. The resort in North Queensland (Cairns) is pronounced as if it were the place where the film festival is held (Cannes) by someone who doesn't realize that the terminal S is silent in French.
The whole subject of "R-detection in Australian English" is probably worth a book of its own.
And finally, in Wagga Wagga, the second Wagga (or is it the first?) is silent.
I've just been watching the final episode from the Aussie Millions on YouTube. So let's get this straight:
You all saw and heard Joe Hachem's cheering section at the WSOP. "Aussie" is pronounced as in "Ozzie and Harriet", not as in "osseous", or the middle two syllables of "velocity". Ok got it?
While we're at it, it's Brisbun and Melbun. You can get away with Sydney, though Sinney is more common -- I won't even try to explain Perth or Adelaide, the latter of which sounds like some rather nasty medical condition. The resort in North Queensland (Cairns) is pronounced as if it were the place where the film festival is held (Cannes) by someone who doesn't realize that the terminal S is silent in French.
The whole subject of "R-detection in Australian English" is probably worth a book of its own.
And finally, in Wagga Wagga, the second Wagga (or is it the first?) is silent.
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posted by Michael Albert at 8:37 pm
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