Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

Mark J. Reed wrote:

>I've never heard "peanut paste" before.
>
You could try Googling :) (I've only heard it in practice on the net,
(forums, IRC and other ungooglable places), but I haven't strayed
outside of the areas that call it peanut butter, which includes
Melbourne and Sydney, so any Australian-made television will use peanut
butter.)

>Besides, isn't Australian for peanut butter "Vegemite"? :)
>
No, vegemite is Australian for nutella :) (Though I wouldn't try eating
them the same way... nutella and cheese sounds like a rather revolting
idea, nor would one want to use too much vegemite. Or putting nutella in
bolognese sauce...)

>>[1]: In Melbourne, most people say /gr&f/ and /gra:f/ is perceived as a
>>Sydneysiderism or an Adelaidianism. Apparently in Sydney, they think we
>>say /gra:f/ here. So much for impressions.
>>
>>
>
>Ah, but do they actually say [gra:f] in Sydney, or do they say [gr&f] and
>regard [gra:f] as a Victorianism/Melbournism? :)
>
>
I understand they regard /gra:f/ as a Melbournism. Admittedly, I say
/t&l@gra:f/ and /p&r@gra:f/, but I only do that in compounds, and I
don't know where I picked it up from, because just about everyone else
uses /-gr&f/.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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