On Nov 7, 4:51 am, "Jay E. Morris"  wrote:   
   > On 11/6/2010 1:05 AM, Duggy wrote:   
   > > On Nov 6, 6:30 am, "Jay E. Morris"  wrote:   
   > >> On 11/5/2010 2:49 PM, Elko T wrote:   
   > >>> Huh? What is the /other/ pronunciation of Melbourne?   
   > >> Arrgg.  I was thinking one and wrote the other.  The FL one is Mel-born.   
   > > The Australian one is "Mel-burn", not "Mel-born" as Americans usually   
   > > say it.   
   > > Oh, and it's Eem-you not E-moo.   
   > Well, until I moved to FL, I was only familiar with the Australian one*   
   > so people enjoyed correcting me until I broke the habit.  But it's been   
   > fourteen years so I'd probably just screw it up either way.   
   > So then, an e-moo would be a digital cow?   
   That's the joke we make about Americans when they say Emu.   
   > *From looking around the web, seems it should actually be Mel-bun.   
   That may be the Australian accent.   
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