I was expecting "Jakarta?" "No she went by 'plane!"
Loanwords are ALWAYS fun. South-east Asia is a popular holiday
destination for Australians, and I came up with a local version of the
"Jamaica/d'yer'mak'er" joke:
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 09:44, David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Garridge", innit? :) (too many episodes of "The Bill"!)
>
> As for taco, I'd say 'standard' English rules say it should be
> pronounced 'tay-ko' (though down under we have seen enough "Old El Paso"
> adverts to say 'tah-co').
>
> Loanwords are ALWAYS fun. South-east Asia is a popular holiday
> destination for Australians, and I came up with a local version of the
> "Jamaica/d'yer'mak'er" joke:
>
> My missus and I were talking about a holiday to SE-Asia... I said "do
> you want to go to Bali or Singapore"... she replied "Phuket!". So I
> said: "Well, if you feel that way, we'll just stay home..."
>
> (Phuket is an island province of Thailand in the Andaman sea and is
> quite popular for holidays. Those in the know say "Poo-kett" but most
> pronounce with an f and a short u)...
>
> davidt
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 06:29:37PM -0700, Mike Lazzari wrote:
> > > ???Garage??? is a bad choice for Brits!
> >
> > And Canadians, especially Canadians. They butcher (the letter) "a"
> > sounds. Across the Strait the a's in "garage" sale are pronounced like
> > the "a" in?? the ubiquitous Mexican flat bread the TACK-o or what we all
> > drink, ACK-wa.?? I even heard a Canadian DJ correcting someone on his
> > show who was calling it a tacko. Apparently it is a TAY-ko.?? ??
> >
> > M
> >
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