Dear non Australians
There is no "oo" in koala
I over heard a American saying it
Koo wa la
I promptly burst into laughter and pretended to be laughing at something else
Also
G'Day is not said gee day
That is all consider yourselves informed for your next trip to Australia
I over heard a American saying it
Koo wa la
I promptly burst into laughter and pretended to be laughing at something else
Also
G'Day is not said gee day
That is all consider yourselves informed for your next trip to Australia
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I've never pronounced either the ways you listed.0
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I have never heard either of those words pronounced that way.0
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Maybe they had a weird accent? I think most people would know better.0
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I live in a tourist city so I'm used to people not from this country trying to say things but this lady was by far the worst I have come across!
Lots of people say gee day instead of g'day just thought I'd throw that out there too0 -
and a koala IS NOT a bear, it's not a koala bear! it's a koala! just saying....0
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Yeah, I'm also thinking that is probably accent rather than pronunciation. There are a lot of different American accents with lots of different vowel pronunciations.0
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and a koala IS NOT a bear, it's not a koala bear! it's a koala! just saying....
what she said:-)0 -
Americans can hardly speak english. Don't hold it against them, lol.0
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I meet tourist every time I leave my house! I live in a tourist city we even have an international airport. I understand that there is different accents she was definitely just saying it wrong0
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Also just don't say g'day unless you hav an australian to help you say it right even people from Australia say it wrong and sound horrid0
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Emu - It's Eem-YOU not an Ee-Moo.
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There is no "oo" in koala
I over heard a American saying it
Koo wa la
I promptly burst into laughter and pretended to be laughing at something else
Also
G'Day is not said gee day
That is all consider yourselves informed for your next trip to Australia
lmfao.
just to add to the list, no matter how many aussies say that they ride in kangaroos pouches to school it's all a load off bull we drive/walk like everyone else0 -
Most city kids have never even SEEN native animals except maybe in a zoo if you come here make sure your visit out wild life even we are jealous of people who have been to the center is Australia and see what is they, dive on the reef, trekked through our rainforest ect.
I honestly love visitors I just want to show you how to say things properly!0 -
Don't you drive on the wrong side of the road down there? :P
Gee Day!0 -
Idk but you spell things wrong with your s and u hate0
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You mean not all Australians have a pet kangaroo??
This is Hilda, she enjoys cheese and cookies. Her tail is shorter than usual because it was pecked by a magpie when she was a baby and her growth was stunted because her Mum was hit by a car while she was in the pouch. Still lives with my mum!0 -
My mum had a pet kanga roo that was hit by a car.
I am stuck going to wildlife places to pay them....so cute love their ears!0 -
They drive on the right side of the road. The left.Don't you drive on the wrong side of the road down there? :P0 -
Damn can't wait to move to Melbourne0
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Most city kids have never even SEEN native animals except maybe in a zoo if you come here make sure your visit out wild life even we are jealous of people who have been to the center is Australia and see what is they, dive on the reef, trekked through our rainforest ect.
I honestly love visitors I just want to show you how to say things properly!
Was there about 4 years ago, I have been about 16 or 17 times. Always go bush and check out the wildlife. I particularly like the Hunter Valley region. My hubby is aussie. he was born in Perth but is a Sydney North shores boy at heart. I'd just like to point out that for every time I have heard Australian words pronounced badly I have heard Australians pronounce aboriginal words badly, Just sayin x0 -
Thats why I just say hello. Not pretending to be something I'm not. lolI live in a tourist city so I'm used to people not from this country trying to say things but this lady was by far the worst I have come across!
Lots of people say gee day instead of g'day just thought I'd throw that out there too0 -
Thats why I just say hello. Not pretending to be something I'm not. lolI live in a tourist city so I'm used to people not from this country trying to say things but this lady was by far the worst I have come across!
Lots of people say gee day instead of g'day just thought I'd throw that out there too
That's kind of how I feel when I go abroad. Like, obviously I know how to say hello in French but I don't like to because I feel like a bit of a fraud but then apparently, it's more rude not to at least try (in France anyway). Hard to know what to do!!0 -
That's kind of how I feel when I go abroad. Like, obviously I know how to say hello in French but I don't like to because I feel like a bit of a fraud but then apparently, it's more rude not to at least try (in France anyway). Hard to know what to do!!
I think there's a BROAD difference between going to a non-English speaking country and trying some basics of their language (greeting etc) and going to an English speaking country and "Making fun"/"trying out" their idioms and stereo-typed, commercialised ways of saying things... I wouldn't land in the middle of London and say "Pip pip, good-day ol' chap!" complete with accent. I wouldn't land in Texas and go "YEEEEEEEEEEE HAW!! Hey Y'ALL!!!"
I would, however, go to Tokyo and greet people with "Ohayo"
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To the Americans who care enough to correct yourself on Australian pronunciation....."bless your little heart".0
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Thanks for the tips! And it's pronounced BeeR, not beeyah. Hard R. I am referring to the Foster's ads.0
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I think there's a BROAD difference between going to a non-English speaking country and trying some basics of their language (greeting etc)
To be fair though, the tourists I see in France saying 'Bonjour' complete with the 'n' sound, have clearly just heard it on tv. They haven't even bothered to find the correct pronunciation. I don't really see how that is respectful to their language...0 -
Thanks for the tips! And it's pronounced BeeR, not beeyah. Hard R. I am referring to the Foster's ads.
Unless you live in some parts of New England where some people ( NOT saying me of course) never make the R sound on the end of words and for some reason add it where it doesn't belong. LOL0 -
You could have addressed it just to the Americans. We English don't say those things.0
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I don't think the answer is, though, for tourists to wander around speaking complete English and (because we all know how English-speaking tourists are) shouting and slowing down because THAT'LL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND.
I think there's a BROAD difference between going to a non-English speaking country and trying some basics of their language (greeting etc)
To be fair though, the tourists I see in France saying 'Bonjour' complete with the 'n' sound, have clearly just heard it on tv. They haven't even bothered to find the correct pronunciation. I don't really see how that is respectful to their language...
I say give another language ago when you're in another country But not the Gee-Day thing 0 -
Different accents can be amusing! :laugh:0
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