It's all in the pronunciation.
We're really that easy.
I will give you some examples.
Aussie
This is pronounced Oz (as in the Wizard of Oz) + e (the letter e)
Oz-e
Not Ors-ee.
Emu
This is pronounced e (the letter again) + mew (the word for the sound cats make)
E-mew.
Not E-moo.
Melbourne
Ignore the spelling, it is pronounced Mel + b'n (like 'bun' but without the u)
Melb'n.
Not Mel-borne.
Armed with this secret knowledge you can instantly be proclaimed a good bloke/blokette, be included in shouts at the pub and can get Australians to like you!
Unless you're a bit of a twonker.
In which case you're on your own.
Sorry mate.
4 comments:
Yikes, double post. My bad!
We are secretly very precious about this, like an entire country being slightly miffed that you forgot it's birthday whilst being too proud to remind you :-)
Double posts make it look like I have many comments, I am shallow enough to enjoy this :-D
LOL love this blog!!! Think that aussies just want you to be you not sound n act like them though LOL Its great tho!!
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