by Las Malvinas son Argentinas 30 Replies latest jw friends
I have an oral presentation tomorrow, and I need to know the correct pronunciation of a few geographical features in your country that I can read on paper, but have never heard in spoken language.
So please, if you will, spell out for me phonetically how you would say the following:
1. Adelaide
2. Melbourne
3. Queensland
4. Brisbane
5. Canberra
6. Perth
Thanks,
Emilie
Id prefer to hear it in the most difficult to understand australian accent.
Add-Uh-Lade
Mell-Burn
Queenz-Lund
Brizz-Ban
Kan-Ba-Rah
Purhth
Tee hee hee.
I'm just playin'!
To clarify:
I don't need to speak it in the local accent, but Brissbayne or Brizbunn does make a huge difference! I speak English with a British accent, so the local pronunciation wont be too much of a stretch for me as it might be otherwise for North Americans.
Emilie
What Snowbird said- you're good to go ! Just make sure to wear the hat too...
As an Ozzie would say them:
Melbourne = Mell-Ben
Queensland = Queenz-Land
Brisbane = Brizz-Ben
Now that the Americans have had their turn, can an Aussie have a go?
Adelaide - Ad-el-laid
Melbourne - Mel-ben
Queensland - Queens-l'nd
Brisbane - Briz-bin
Canberra - Can-bra
Perth - Perth
Hope this helps
Not to get off track, but I just read a few days ago that the famous Australian baby abduction over 30 years ago has been proven to have indeed been done by a wild dog called a Dingo. I suppose DNA or something
I believe Meryl Streep made a movie about it. She played the part of the mother who was accused of being behind the baby's disappearance.
OK, back to the Aussie pronounciations,
Glander,
it wasn't DNA but several reports of dingo attacks on people since, including 3 deaths of children, which made the coroner decide that Azaria Chamberlain's death was due to the dingo attack. Until now, the death certificate didn't have a reason for her death, but one has now been issued with the dingo attack being the cause for her death.
Her body has never been found. She was 9 weeks old at the time of the dingo attack. She would have been 32 if still alive today.
