Perhaps one day there'll be online pronunciation guide for quick reference
re AUS place names? It would be useful for those only fleetingly mentioning
a place. (Though of course, serious researchers would automatically have
sought out correct pronunciations independently.)
But I'm ready to hop on the slightly off-topic platform re the frequent &
proliferating media pronunciation of a place name that surely must be widely
familiar to Australians: i.e. the pronunciation of Antarctica as
"AN-Tarctica", rather than the etymologically sensible pronunciation,
"Ant-ARC-tica".
Now departing soapbox-- Joan
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kealy
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 10:59 AM
To: aus-tasmania(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: ABC News: Why does the UK have more accents than
Australia?
Pronunciation of cities and towns seems to be a problem with some ABC
reporters- Cairns is routinely said as Cannes and Bairnsdale as Barnsdale.
Alan McGilvray's melodic voice describing the cricket, plus a capacity for
silence which allowed radio listeners to hear the Thwack of the ball.
Sorry to be off topic... sort of!
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Meryl Yost [mailto:merylp@tasfamily.net.au]
Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2019 6:59 PM
To: AUS-Tasmania(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [AUS-Tas] ABC News: Why does the UK have more accents than
Australia?
Interesting article. 8-)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-26/why-does-britain-have-more-accents-th
an-australia/10755972
If you think of your favourite British TV shows, one thing that stands out
is the great variation in the way the actors sound. So why aren't
Australians the same?
Regards,
Meryl Yost
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