Re: CHAT: The King of Glottal Stops Reigns Supreme!
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2002, 13:35 |
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, jogloran wrote:
> Tangentially, I was in Newcastle (in Australia :P) recently, and
> their adjective for describing themselves (in the vein of Melburnian
> and the rather contrived "Sydneysider") is "Novocastrian", which is
> obviously the Latin form of the place. It was actually used by the
> residents, which I wouldn't have expected for such a highfalutin
> name :P
I take it you mean the one in NSW ;P (Apparently you can tell the
difference b/n /nju:kA:s@l/ in NSW and /nju:k{s@l/ in Vic by the way the
locals pronounce the towns.
Tristan
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