Re: Country names

From: "Tristan McLeay" <kesuari@...>
Subject: Re: Country names


> Stone Gordonssen wrote:
>
> > You probably have, though I most often hear ["Aziz] and see it written
> > "Ozzies" on the west coast of the USA. I personally pronounce it
> > ["Asiz] and
> > write  it _Aussies_.
>
> That's also horribly wrong, and verges on the inadvertently offensive.
> We realise that it's not Americans fault they have a speech impediment,
> so we'll probably ignore it, but we are not 'arsey'.
Just so that you understand that much of your vocabulary isn't English, it's
simply peculiar to Australia.

> The <ss> is as
> voiced as the <ss> in Tassie, Brissie, or possy, the <zz> in mozzie or
> the <v> in arvo.
Um, you might want to pick English words to use as examples.  I've never
heard any of these.  I'd guess that "Tassie", "Brissie", and "possy" have
/s/.

> Say 'Aussie' to rhyme with 'mozzie'[1], and she'll be right, mate.
>
> [1]: The pronunciation of 'mozzie' should be obvious to any English
speaker.

/mAzi/ ?

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