American vs Australian pronunciation

SY · 12th April 2009, 02:15 PM

Depends on what part of America- our accents are quite variable. Where I grew up (the Chesapeake Bay), it's "boy' un see." In California, I more often heard boo' yun see.

unclejed613 · 12th April 2009, 10:10 PM

in new england (MA, ME,VT, CT, NH) it' boy-ansee, but the device that floats is a boo-ee.

the town of Quincy is pronounced kwin-zee instead of kwin-see like everywhere else in the US as well as the classic kah for car and yahd for yard

Cal Weldon · 12th April 2009, 10:26 PM

Here in another of the colonies it's boy and boy un see.

Noo doot aboot it.

planet10 · 12th April 2009, 10:52 PM

Being in Canada, we often use English-style or American-style pronunciation... depending on my mood i'll call it a boy or a boo-ee.

dave

tomtt · 22nd July 2009, 07:30 PM

seems that here in the USA, the closer we get/live to Australia,

(south, as in 'Dixie')

the more pronunciation is alike ...

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and we also have a special connection, quick transport, to 'OZ'.

(via Kansas)

some skill required ...

Geek · 23rd July 2009, 01:15 AM

F* ME!

That is scary!

Stuey · 24th July 2009, 12:05 PM

Weird, SY. We call her Bee-on-say down here...

taj · 21st August 2009, 03:33 AM

Had a fine trip to Sidney recently. Stayed in Dalling Habba (Darling Harbour for the rest us) where the vocabulary comes from porn movies; I wish I could bring home some of those "flat whites" but wasn't really interested in the "long blacks".

..Todd

wintermute · 21st August 2009, 10:55 AM

I'm glad you cleared that Up Stuey!!! I had no idea what SY was on about!! I was thinking he was possibly talkiing about buoy's ie the things in the harbour you tie boats to!!

I assume Geek is refering to the tornado (though I could understand if he was referring to the pronunciation)

and I'd have to say I agree!!!

On differences between American pronunciation vs Australian, I'd say the first that comes to mind is MOM vs MUM and Zee vs Zed (for the letter Z)

but even within Aus there are quite big differences. Queenslanders tend to pronounce things differently to new south welshmen. Newcastle is a good example. in nsw the castle is pronounced with an ar as in car. Queenslanders tend to pronounce it with an a as in cat.

Tony.

grantnsw · 25th August 2009, 02:52 PM

you say tom-A-to , I say tomarto, but potarto? no way!

I hear from the States 'off of'.... isn't it just off? lol

but the Kiwis are worse...fush and chups...for suxpence haha
just kidding to our neighbours across the 'ditch'

12th April 2009, 02:15 PM	#1
SY Tetsujin diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX	Depends on what part of America- our accents are quite variable. Where I grew up (the Chesapeake Bay), it's "boy' un see." In California, I more often heard boo' yun see. __________________ "We all feel like that, Reggie, now and then, especially when Spring is upon us, but few of us would care to put it on our cards." — Sir Archibald Clerk-Kerr

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Cal Weldon diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Here in another of the colonies it's boy and boy un see. Noo doot aboot it. __________________ Cal Weldon Consulting

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planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 3	Being in Canada, we often use English-style or American-style pronunciation... depending on my mood i'll call it a boy or a boo-ee. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi

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12th April 2009, 10:10 PM	#2
unclejed613 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2006	in new england (MA, ME,VT, CT, NH) it' boy-ansee, but the device that floats is a boo-ee. the town of Quincy is pronounced kwin-zee instead of kwin-see like everywhere else in the US as well as the classic kah for car and yahd for yard

22nd July 2009, 07:30 PM	#5
tomtt diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: kansas city mo, and on occasion, around the world ... Blog Entries: 13	seems that here in the USA, the closer we get/live to Australia, (south, as in 'Dixie') the more pronunciation is alike ... `````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` and we also have a special connection, quick transport, to 'OZ'. (via Kansas) some skill required ...

24th July 2009, 12:05 PM	#7
Stuey diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia	Weird, SY. We call her Bee-on-say down here...

21st August 2009, 10:55 AM	#9
wintermute just another diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sydney Blog Entries: 15	I'm glad you cleared that Up Stuey!!! I had no idea what SY was on about!! I was thinking he was possibly talkiing about buoy's ie the things in the harbour you tie boats to!! I assume Geek is refering to the tornado (though I could understand if he was referring to the pronunciation) and I'd have to say I agree!!! On differences between American pronunciation vs Australian, I'd say the first that comes to mind is MOM vs MUM and Zee vs Zed (for the letter Z) but even within Aus there are quite big differences. Queenslanders tend to pronounce things differently to new south welshmen. Newcastle is a good example. in nsw the castle is pronounced with an ar as in car. Queenslanders tend to pronounce it with an a as in cat. Tony. __________________ Any intelligence I may appear to have is purely artificial Some of my photos

25th August 2009, 02:52 PM	#10
grantnsw diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	you say tom-A-to , I say tomarto, but potarto? no way! I hear from the States 'off of'.... isn't it just off? lol but the Kiwis are worse...fush and chups...for suxpence haha just kidding to our neighbours across the 'ditch'

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