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OP Originally Posted By: The PookThey are also called mopokes. Both names are onomatopoeic of their mournful call.
You mean 'Whippoorwill' and 'morepork' are onomatopoeic?
I'm not sure if 'Mopoke' is, unless its got an Ozzie accentOriginally Posted By: FaldageSome of them are non-rhotic and some aren't.
hehehe
Originally Posted By: The PookActually I heard an American today on the radio pronounce 'environmental' non-rhotically.
I can picture Gallant Ted saying 'Envieamint' He'da spelt it better fer sure.
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