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I found today's comic (#1739) quite sad
ink slinger:
--- Quote from: Tergon on 03 Sep 2010, 00:34 ---...or the way that apparently nobody from outside Australia is aware that "Aussie" is pronounced "Ozzy". As in Osbourne.
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I have never heard anyone pronounce it any other way. And I'm from outside of Australia.
Tergon:
--- Quote from: ink slinger on 03 Sep 2010, 23:39 ---I have never heard anyone pronounce it any other way. And I'm from outside of Australia.
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Tell me where you are from, so that I can send presents to everyone from this place. Seriously, that amazes me. Like I said, I work in tourism, and I get people from all over the world coming to visit, and "Ohh-see" is a very common (mis)pronunciation. To say nothing of how much you hear it on TV.
Carl-E:
Well, for me it helps that the only person I know who uses the term is from just outside Sydney :-D
Akima:
--- Quote from: Tergon on 04 Sep 2010, 02:57 ---"Ohh-see" is a very common (mis)pronunciation. To say nothing of how much you hear it on TV.
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So true, especially from sports-casters...
Oh, and while we're on the subject of common blunders, the capital of China is not Beige-ing! In Standard Mandarin, it is Bay-jing. Bay as in Baywatch, and Jing as in Jingle-Bells. Simple, yes? No fancy-schmancy French-style "J" sounds in Chinese!
Carl-E:
Better than "Peking".
I always wondered if the "old" western versions of Chinese place-names came from some other dialect than Cantonese, or just a general careless mangling by the British.
Probably some of both...
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