| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 23:01 |
John Cowan wrote:>>>Which reminds me: how is the name of Groote Eylandt in Australia >>>pronounced? It is indeed a large island. >> >> Boudewijn says: Just like you spell it. That is ["GR\o:t@ "E1lAnt_h]. > > >I knew some smartass Dutchman was going to make a remark like that. >But did he catch the Nixon in China reference, hmmmmmmmmmm?Yes, yes, yes. But I thought you were posing the far more interesting question: how do Australians pronounce it?
| John Cowan <cowan@...> | |
| Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...> |