Re: question on sampa representation

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Joe Fatula wrote:

> > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Joe Fatula wrote:
> >
> > > I pronounce the /l/ in "palm", "balm", etc., and [U] contrasts with [V],
> >
> > Pardon me as I say euurgh!B
>
> What sounds bad about these?  The /l/ or the [U] vs. [V]?
The /l/. Sorry, bad snipping.

> > > How typical is Paul Hogan of AuE speech?  He sounds different than that
> > > Steve-crocodile-man, but both sound generally "Australian" to me.  Other
> > > than those two, I can't think of hearing any other sort of Australian
> > > speech.
> >
> So are these two guys not actually Australians, or is their accent
> exaggerated, or what?  I'm guessing that "Neighbors" and "Home and Away" are
> TV shows or movies, but I've never heard of them.
Exaggerated. They're mostly aimed at Americans. The only things by them I,
and a good deal of Australians, would ever have seen of them is ads.

Neighbours and Home and Away are indeed tv shows. Their horribly popular
in England, so I thought there was a chance you might've heard of them,
but I guess it *is* just that the English are insane.

(Oh, and *whack!* proper nouns should retain their spelling. The show's
name is 'Neighbours', just like that body of water in Sydney is Sydney
Harbour or that body of water in Hawaii is Pearl Harbor.)

Tristan.

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