>Jill Jones wrote:
>
>>Well, Melbourne is Melb'n or Melben not Mel-bourne, it's Canbra or Canbrer
>>for Canberra and Brisb'n or Brisban for Bris-bane - the stress is on the
>>first syllable rather than falling equally. And, unfortunately Ostralia is
>>becoming Ostraya.
>
> And don't you live in Sinney, Jill?
>
> Candice
You wouldn't think people from other lands could do much to Perth as a
word, but we get it variously pronounced as Pird, Purred, Purf. Fremantle
is always mispronounced as Free-man'le, and Mandurah comes out as
Man-doo-ra (accent on the 'doo') whereas it has equal weight to all
syllables, (middle is 'dew') with an uplift at end.
Are we having fun yet? Such small things entertain us as the Golden Arches
take over the world ...
A songwriter/performer friend of mine went to America to try his luck at
the 'big time'. He said he spent most of his time saying "G'day" for people
who were all highly entertained by his accent ... He'd be doing his pitch
to some record company exec and the guy would ignore what he was saying and
call out to people nearby, "Hey, come and listen to this Aussie say
'G'day'." I suggested he wrote a "g'day" song for Americans ...
Andrew
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