>I know, but [Asi] sounds like 'arsey' to us, and we're the people you're
Well, you can train your ear & tongue not treat [A] and [Ar\`] as
allophones. :P
> > >Say 'Aussie' to rhyme with 'mozzie'[1], and she'll be right, mate.
> > Now we're back to "Ozzies" ["a.ziz] or ["az.ziz].
>No, we've got a word spelt 'Aussie' and pronounced to rhyme with 'mozzie'.
_mozzie_ is ["mAzi] to me.
>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/).
My _dude_ is [dud_}]. [dZu\wd] sounds like a woman's name to me. :P
>The other option is just to call us Australians, and we won't call the lot
>of yas 'yanks'. Or to incite mass revolution resulting in a spelling
<shrug> I grew up being called a _Yankie_ ["j&:IN.kI] so _yank_ is of no
signifigance to me.
>reform so that we spell it with the IPA :P
Good luck.
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