We lived in the USA for approx 8 years. Try telling the Americans that eemoo is wrong!
Bit like coooc-a-burras. I can't even spell it like they say it.
Mind you we stuffed up a lot of their names!!
msg said
12:57 PM Aug 26, 2020
Australians say Eeemyou non or new Australians say eemoo. I have turned off Sky because they have an add where the announcer keeps saying Basics instead of baysics. there also seems to be a trend to annnie when we say eny. In fact, thats seems to be another thing they want to destroy.... our language... the TV announcers don't speak Australian anymore its almost sounds like someone who has learned the language via computer using phonetics.
Dougwe said
04:24 PM Aug 26, 2020
Isn't it Iminu?
Keep safe out there.
KJB said
04:52 PM Aug 26, 2020
Bet instead of beat - I even heard a Primary teacher mixing these up ..what hope have the kids got.....?
Sheba said
08:48 PM Aug 26, 2020
Some things are pronounced differently depending which State you live in, and even called different names. EG. Swimmers, Bathers, Togs. Or, Suitcases, Ports.
I was born in QLD., and have always pronounced it Eemyou. Have never heard it pronounced any other way.
Cheers,
Sheba.
dorian said
09:06 AM Aug 28, 2020
bgt wrote:
We lived in the USA for approx 8 years. Try telling the Americans that eemoo is wrong! Bit like coooc-a-burras. I can't even spell it like they say it.
kook-ah-booh-row was how Dennis Conner pronounced the name of his Australian challenger. I thought it was grossly disrespectful, as well as stupid.
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 28th of August 2020 09:08:55 AM
dorian said
09:19 AM Aug 28, 2020
One of my pet peeves is "kill-oh-meeter" versus "ki-lo-metter". The first is obviously correct, and the second is obviously wrong <flame hat on>. It's mi-lli-meeter, cen-ti-meeter, de-ci-meeter, and meeter, not millimetter, centimetter, and decimetter. It's ki-loh-cycle, not killosickle. It's ki-loh-gram, not killogrum.
But, hey, I've learned to accept it, even though it grates every time I hear it.
One thing that makes me laugh is the thought of South Australians, Queenslanders and New South Welshmen singing the national anthem. Two are singing "advahnce", the other "advants".
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 28th of August 2020 09:20:05 AM
Bit like coooc-a-burras. I can't even spell it like they say it.
Mind you we stuffed up a lot of their names!!
Keep safe out there.
Bet instead of beat - I even heard a Primary teacher mixing these up ..what hope have the kids got.....?
Some things are pronounced differently depending which State you live in, and even called different names. EG. Swimmers, Bathers, Togs. Or, Suitcases, Ports.
I was born in QLD., and have always pronounced it Eemyou. Have never heard it pronounced any other way.
Cheers,
Sheba.
kook-ah-booh-row was how Dennis Conner pronounced the name of his Australian challenger. I thought it was grossly disrespectful, as well as stupid.
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 28th of August 2020 09:08:55 AM
One of my pet peeves is "kill-oh-meeter" versus "ki-lo-metter". The first is obviously correct, and the second is obviously wrong <flame hat on>. It's mi-lli-meeter, cen-ti-meeter, de-ci-meeter, and meeter, not millimetter, centimetter, and decimetter. It's ki-loh-cycle, not killosickle. It's ki-loh-gram, not killogrum.
But, hey, I've learned to accept it, even though it grates every time I hear it.
One thing that makes me laugh is the thought of South Australians, Queenslanders and New South Welshmen singing the national anthem. Two are singing "advahnce", the other "advants".
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 28th of August 2020 09:20:05 AM