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Scoan v. sconne
On Fri, 4 Nov 2016 04:27:04 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:
>In article >,
says...
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>> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 17:36:42 +1100, Bruce >
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>> >In article >, Jeßus says...
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>> >> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 16:00:28 +1100, Bruce >
>> >> wrote:
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>> >> >In article >, Jeßus says...
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>> >> >> On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:58:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> >> > wrote:
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>> >> >> >On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 2:45:00 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
>> >> >> >> Here we go again! How to pronounce "Scone".
>> >> >> >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-...onounce-scone/
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>> >> >> >I grew up with "sconne",
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>> >> >> Same in Aus.
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>> >> >> OTOH, the town of Scone, NSW, is 'Scoan'.
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>> >> >Don't Australians do something unexpected with 'bream', the fish?
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>> >> It's pronounced here as 'brim'.
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>> >Yes, you wouldn't expect that.
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>> Australians are known to wash their fices in bisons ???
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>A fice could be an Australian face but what's a bison, apart from the
>animal?
Basin. But that isn't Strine.
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