Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ?

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, D Tse wrote:
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, D Tse wrote:

> Leichhardt ['laIka:t]
> Parramatta [p_h&r@'m&4@]
> Bondi ['bOndaI]
Unless Sydney accents are _really_ weird, you'll find it's more like
["bQndai] (ditto all the [O]'s being [Q])

> Wollongong ['wUl@NgON]
> Canberra ['k_h&nbr@] (a territory and the capital)
From a Melburnian perspective, ["k_h{:mbr\@] (and it's only the capital.
The territory it's in in the Australian Capital Territory, pronounced
["{i"si:"ti:] (or, occasionally, [@"str\{il_jj@n "k{pi4@l tEr@tr\i], with
some degree of affrication of the [t] in [tr\].

> Newcastle [nju'k_has@l]
[%nju:"k_hA:s@l], I'd've said. As opposed to [%nju:"k_h&s@l], which is in
Victoria and shows a difference between NSW and Vic. accents (although
no-one would _dream_ of calling _The Castle_ [D@ k_h{s@l]. Blasphemy of
the _highest_ degree, that is.

Tristan