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E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

ecar3483 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:07:31 GMT

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/npr-emu-story-prompts-pronunciation-debate/12592060

The disappearance of Winston Charles Featherbill has kicked off quite a debate...

How is it pronounced, or does it really matter?

🙂

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:24:17 GMT

Seeing as the english language sounds the letter U as 'you'.

I would say it's E...myou.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

davewil1964 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:32:20 GMT

E-moo is Murrican pronunciation. As an emu is an Australian animal, the Australian pronunciation e-myou would be correct.

It's not hard, unless you are not Australian.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

imastawka — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:32:20 GMT

Stoopid Americans

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

go-tazz — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:36:35 GMT

The Yanks can destroy any word any you only have to have a look at some of the words in the dictionaries to see how good they are at butchering the English language so that they have a language of their own no matter how stupid it sounds.

You only have to watch some US "lifestyle" programs on TV and the common words they pronounce completely wrong and are phonetically incorrect.

I've always pronounced it as E MU

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

davewil1964 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:45:34 GMT

Australians tend to accent the first syllable, Yanks the second, or subsequent.

Hence MelBOURNE instead of MELbun. CanBERRA instead of CANbra, BrisBAINE instead of BRISbun.

They really can't help it. After all, MurrICA is the centER of the uniVERSE, and if you ask The DonALD, he would claim that AmerRICA invented English.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

domino-710 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:46:36 GMT

LOL - wouldn't it be :

eem - you.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

imastawka — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:54:13 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
Australians tend to accent the first syllable, Yanks the second, or subsequent.

Hence MelBOURNE instead of MELbun. CanBERRA instead of CANbra, BrisBAINE instead of BRISbun.

They really can't help it. After all, MurrICA is the centER of the uniVERSE, and if you ask The DonALD, he would claim that AmerRICA invented English.

They always put the emfarsis on the wrong sillarble

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

ambercat16 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:31:33 GMT

They also say erb instead of herb, oh marge instead of homage and one I particularly dislike fee lay instead of fillet.

The emu one though......how disrepectful!! For an American to decide how an Australian word should be pronounced is unspeakably arrogant.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

lionrose.7 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:00:53 GMT

That erbs thing drives me Crazy LOL

Another thing I hate is when the police are arresting some one out side they say get down on the floor,

Floors are in houses, why dont they say get down on the ground.

I have actually yelled at the TV saying it is the B ground not the B floor LOL

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

davewil1964 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:04:29 GMT

That's all well and good, but how do you say chips, six, any word with an 'i' in it?

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lionrose.7 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:14:30 GMT

LOL seen I was married to a pom for 30 years and lived in QLD for 13 years I have a really stuffed up accent

My Kiwi kids hate is when I say Doona LOL

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

ambercat16 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:26:13 GMT

I say "fish" "chips" and "six" generally ........ but apparently after a month or so in NZ I end up somewhere between "fish" and "fush" 😄

The kiwi accent is odd ..... my Mum has lived in NZ all her life (89 years) and has very little accent - it is the words and phrases she uses that identify her as kiwi rather than her accent. My brother though has a noticable accent.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

ambercat16 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:29:45 GMT

@lionrose.7 wrote:
LOL seen I was married to a pom for 30 years and lived in QLD for 13 years I have a really stuffed up accent
My Kiwi kids hate is when I say Doona LOL

WIth your history.......how do you say 'thank you'? My SIL is a former pom, lived in NZ since her teens and she says "than - queue" and I've often wondered if it is the kiwi / pom crossover😀. It sounds really cute😎

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

springyzone — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:05:54 GMT

I was reading that a big difference between American and British English is Americans tend to pronounce the R more. Forget the exact example they gave but eg card, in British English we might say cahd. In US they sort of roll the R around a bit.

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:01:26 GMT

My cousin in America couldn't stop laughing when I mentioned the coloured chocolate thingies - Smartees rather than Smarrrrrdees

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

lionrose.7 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:26:17 GMT

I just say to every one thank you sweetie. must be getting old calling every one Sweetie or Love.

Called my Doctor Love one day LOL

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

tasfleur — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:08:13 GMT

There once was an emu named Eemoo,

Who strutted about in a tutu,

He fluttered around,

And uttered no sound,

But danced like a crazy mad cuckoo!

Re: E-Mew or EE-Mooh?

not_for_sale — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:54:49 GMT