Re: THEORY: [i:]=[ij]? (was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")

Tristan McLeay wrote:

> The Victorian pronounciation of school is actually a long
> version of the sound in good, I think.
So it's only the New South Welsh who pronounce it strange?
It's the [skywl] (or whatever) pronunciation that irks me
every time I hear it from national broadcasters.