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pip07
06-05-2007, 01:29 PM
Change the spelling on Melbourne to Melban or Melbin. I want to pull my hair out when I hear American broadcasters pronounce it wrong. :mad:
icy manipulator
06-05-2007, 02:25 PM
oh man i hate that. and they need to learn to say australia properly too. most yanks sound fucking retarded when they say it
Yorkshire~Rose
06-05-2007, 02:38 PM
The silly yorkshire girl thought it was pronounced Mel-Born...
Point if you like.
icy manipulator
06-05-2007, 02:40 PM
It is really quite simple people, now repeat after the Texan...Mel-Barn, Mel-Barn and Aww-Stray-Ler, Aww-Stray-Ler.
See? It really ain't that hard y'all.
NO NO NO. i have to listen to Down Under to get taht bloody image out of my head now :(
mikizee
06-05-2007, 03:02 PM
since when do american broadcasters talk about melbourne?
oh yeah, they say brisbane wrong. its not brisBANE, its brisbin.
and emu. its not emooo, its eemyou.
oh yeah, and aussie. its not ossie, its ozzie.
also, and coffee. its not coffee, its beer. not cof-fee, its be-er.
zorra_chiflada
06-05-2007, 04:46 PM
australians say things stupid anyway
scotty
06-05-2007, 06:51 PM
oh man i hate that. and they need to learn to say australia properly too. most yanks sound fucking retarded when they say it
Dude, most Aussies can't say it properly, so we can't ask the rest of the world to.
Its O-stray-lia, people. Not Or-straya.
Its O-stray-lia, people.
I say Ah-stray-lia but you say tomato and I say tomato. (the tomato saying does not translate well in written word)
paul jones
06-06-2007, 11:54 AM
Change the spelling on Melbourne to Melban or Melbin. I want to pull my hair out when I hear American broadcasters pronounce it wrong. :mad:
stop this ebonics nonsense! haha
I have spent 18 months of my life in Melbourne on and off and it is great and I loved all the times I didn't pay for tram rides and once nearly met minton but I was too hungover(y)
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