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Re: A bird in the hand

Faldage #182149 01/29/2009 12:22 PM

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Tasmania

The Pook

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The Pook

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Joined: Feb 2008

Posts: 1,067
Tasmania

Originally Posted By: Faldage
Originally Posted By: The Pook
[quote=olly]
We also have moreporks here (at least on the mainland, not sure about Tassie. They are also called mopokes. Both names are onomatopoeic of their mournful call.

Some of them are non-rhotic and some aren't.

Actually I heard an American today on the radio pronounce 'environmental' non-rhotically. Even an Aussie wouldn't do that. It was weird. What kind of US accent would that be? The pronunciation was something like 'envionmental' or even 'eviomennal.'

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A bird in the hand olly 01/28/2009 9:31 PM

Re: A bird in the hand twosleepy 01/28/2009 9:50 PM

Re: A bird in the hand The Pook 01/28/2009 11:06 PM

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Re: A bird in the hand Faldage 01/29/2009 11:39 AM

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Re: A bird in the hand The Pook 01/31/2009 1:13 AM

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Re: A bird in the hand The Pook 01/31/2009 5:11 AM

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Here s/he is! twosleepy 02/03/2009 12:49 AM

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Re: Here s/he is! BranShea 02/03/2009 6:24 PM

Re: Here s/he is! twosleepy 02/03/2009 7:18 PM

Re: Here s/he is! BranShea 02/03/2009 8:01 PM

Re: Here s/he is! LukeJavan8 02/21/2009 12:45 AM

Re: Here s/he is! twosleepy 02/21/2009 2:08 AM

Re: Here s/he is! BranShea 04/17/2009 11:23 AM

Re: Here s/he is! Buffalo Shrdlu 02/21/2009 2:50 AM

Re: Here s/he is! BranShea 02/21/2009 11:31 AM

Re: Here s/he is! LukeJavan8 02/22/2009 9:41 PM

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Re: Here s/he is! twosleepy 04/17/2009 3:21 PM

Re: Here s/he is! Owlbow 04/17/2009 3:34 PM

Re: Here s/he is! BranShea 04/17/2009 7:47 PM

Re: A bird in the hand BranShea 01/31/2009 6:56 PM

Re: A bird in the hand Buffalo Shrdlu 01/31/2009 9:00 PM

Re: A bird in the hand The Pook 02/01/2009 6:52 AM

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