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Jill Jones writes: > > And some Austrayans get rather tragic kicks by asking New Zealanders to say the next number after five - it's somewhere between 'sex' and 'sux'. No wonder they think we're a bit thuck, eh. > > It's always sounded to me as if they pronounce 'sex' as 'six' and 'six' as 'sex'. Rather like the Liverpudlians who say 'her' for 'hair' and 'hair' for 'her'. Best wishes Matthew