From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
Subject: Re: Country names
> No, we've got a word spelt 'Aussie' and pronounced to rhyme with 'mozzie'.
> It follows the rules of English orthography, at least in the dialect it
> was coined. Likewise, 'dude' is pronounced /du\wd/, which follows the
> rules of English orthography in the dialect it was coined, though not in
> mine (which would prefer /dZu\wd/).
Like that Beatles song, "Hey Dude".
> The other option is just to call us Australians, and we won't call the lot
> of yas 'yanks'.
Which would elicit humorous reactions from all those Southerners and
Americans from out west being mistaken for 'yanks'.