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they pronounce geyser as geezer And how many syllables are there in it Jackie?  You can pronounce it geezer, gai-zer (ai as in aisle) or gay-zer as far as I'm concerned and I'll still understand you. Which do you say?
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The Franz Josef, an awesome sight. More often than not I pronounce Glacier as Glaycier and not with the american inflection of gless Having said that, I Is'nt a true Britspeaker.
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Josef, correct; sorry! I say guy-zer--only two syllAbles... Don't think I've heard glesher; all I've ever heard here is glaysher. I Is'nt a true Britspeaker Compared to here, you are!  This phrase reminded me of a story my husband came home with some years ago. He had a probationer sitting at his desk when another officer came by and said he thought Hubby's guy had been involved in a purse snatching. The guy reared up his head, straightened his shoulders, and said with mingled pride and outrage, "I ain't no puhss snatchah: I is a ahmed robbah!"
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I Is'nt a true Britspeaker. heh heh, you can't expect an Aussie not to comment on that one mate, can you! Was watching that NZ show called Serious Crash Unit the other night and one of the police investigators said that the vehicle "lift the road and het a table drain before coming to rist in a backyard." Or words to that iffict. I wonder from whence cometh this intriguing vowel swapping in kiwi speak - do you know olly?  We would usually say glaycia, btw, without the 'sh'. It has three syllables - glay-see-uh.
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We would usually say glaycia, btw, without the 'sh'. It has three syllables - glay-see-uh. With ya on that one. Regarding the vowel swapping, I would suggest it has to do with early immigrant influence and native vowel sounds. Apart from the English settlers there were a lot of Scots and Irish and perhaps in the earlier part of last century it all seemed to ooze into our current hodgepodge we call keewee.
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that NZ show called Serious Crash Unit Ooh, sounds good! [bloodthirsty e]
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that NZ show called Serious Crash Unit Ooh, sounds good! [bloodthirsty e]
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Wow, that sounds really good. I don't know that I'd enjoy this part, though: The series also talks to family members whose loved ones where involved in the crash.
Your program sounds actually educational, which is a good thing. The ones I watch here just show the crashes, with maybe a comment on the outcome: "walked away with minor injuries", "had a lot of time in jail to think about why", "sadly did not live", etc. Don't hear that last one very often (I think because they just don't show many of those, not because they don't happen). The last time I heard that one was probably to get a lesson across: two teens had stolen a car, ran a red light at high speed and were T-boned by a tanker truck which had the green. (This was a show of views from police car cameras.)
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Yes we get those ones from you as well as the NZ one and our own Australian Police Reality TV shows.
I don't like the increasingly common practice of police forces in selling their CCTV and patrol car footage to TV channels. The potential for corruption is huge.
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Yes we get those ones from you as well as the NZ one and our own Australian Police Reality TV shows.
I don't like the increasingly common practice of police forces in selling their CCTV and patrol car footage to TV channels. The potential for corruption is huge. According to the CPI, NZ is 1st equal for low corruption levels and Australia is 11th, so you probably have less to worry about than many.
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