Re: USAGE: English vowel transcription [Re: Droppin' D's Revisited]

Roger Mills wrote, quoting myself:

> > As for regional dialects, I've seen books written in Sydney that deny
> > these exist, whereas anything written in, say, Adelaide (my city)
> > will assert that they do. This shouldn't surprise anyone - Sydney is
> > a major population centre and therefore has less need to emphasise
> > an identity distinct from Australia in general
>
> It may amuse you to know that Mr. Hughes, born & bred in Sydney, seemed
> to imply that Adelaide is a stronghold of hoity-toity Britishism.......
That is, indeed, quite amusing, in a 'er, huh?' kinda way :-)

Western Australia, which is the only state that I haven't visited,
definately has a reputation along those lines.

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