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Post by Liiisa on Dec 31, 2023 9:07:49 GMT -5
lol wombat, ok ok  (We also have a town here Bowie that is pronounced boo-ee, as against David Bowie which of course is bow-ee.) Yes as vinny says: I pro-DOOSE the PRO-doose. I'm not sure how you'd say that with a short "u" sound? Like rhyming with "dust"? |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Dec 31, 2023 18:00:23 GMT -5
I pro-DYOOS the PROD-yoos.
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Post by wombatrois on Dec 31, 2023 19:20:03 GMT -5
Yes, as ozzie describes it.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 2, 2024 2:17:16 GMT -5
Michael Rowland made an absolute hash of pronouncing Tumbulgum on ABC News Breakfast this morning. I can only think he misheard the reporter he was responding to!
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Post by wombatrois on Jan 2, 2024 7:41:03 GMT -5
OK, you're going to have to spell that phonetically for me - I read it as Tumble-gum.
But then I suppose it could be Tum-BUL-gm.
We have two places, quite close to each other:
Tambellup
Kambellup
Both pronounced differently!! The emphasis is on TAM on the first and BELL on the second.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 2, 2024 8:41:52 GMT -5
Then you have Newark (New-urk) NJ vs Newark (New-ark) Delaware, or Houston (Hee-youston) TX vs Houston St (House-ton) NY
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 2, 2024 16:42:00 GMT -5
It’s TumBULgum.(in Groo territory).
And the surname Houston here is pronounced HOOSton
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 2, 2024 17:27:59 GMT -5
HOOSton! I love it
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 6, 2024 4:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by jimm on Jan 6, 2024 5:11:14 GMT -5
They could have included (just off the top of my head)
Barcaldine (Qld)
Wangaratta (Vic)
Albany (WA)
Bega (NSW)
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 6, 2024 6:37:05 GMT -5
Albany is mentioned in the comments.
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Post by Queen on Jan 6, 2024 7:55:50 GMT -5
Buoy
We ignore the u.
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Post by rikita on Jan 12, 2024 19:31:02 GMT -5
I always think in German words are pronounced exactly the way they are spelled - would be interesting to get a non native German speakers perspective on that... Außer wenn der Weg weg ist ... Und ob du jemanden umfährst oder umfährst wird demjenigen nicht ganz egal sein ... Oder ob jemand ein Brot ist oder das Brot lieber isst ... Ich bete für die Rote Beete ... Er ballt bald seine Faust weil er so viel fiel ...
So, there are some things that are not always clear ...
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(We also have a town here Bowie that is pronounced boo-ee, as against David Bowie which of course is bow-ee.)
