Marty moaned Say after me: Brizb'n. Mispronunciation of their state capital city's name is the bane of Queenslanders' existence.

Marty from Melb'n

Now, now, Marty, that mispronunciation is such an easy way to mark the speaker as a bottom-dwelling Northerner. What I would like to know is how widespread "Queensland" is as opposed to "Queenslnd", which is what we would say here. I just heard an Aussie Channel 9 reporter saying Queensland, pronouncing the a, and it sounded odd to me, almost as odd as the quaint Victorian delusion that AFL is a real sport [ducking-for-cover emoticon]

Max, whose Mum lives near Brizbn, and whose sister lives in Melbn