Does anyone live in Cairns?

Nothing important but I'm noticing more and more that people are pronouncingv it Cans,    like Cannes in the Riviera (except that Cannes in the Riviera has a silent S) I even heard it pronounced Cans on the ABC today.  Is this a new thing or iwhat?  

 

.  How do locals pronounce it?

 

Someone please put me out of my misery as it's bugging me. 

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Does anyone live in Cairns?

oh-hello-smiley-emoticon.gif  Hi skyrider.     Didja come to visit me?

 

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Didn't know that you were here stawks - but I'm glad that you are.
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@skyrider12-au wrote:

You have probably heard weather readers on tv prnounce the towns name as Cans when they read the weatha


Yes I have sky,  from the weatha readers, lol.   Now what I want to know is .....   why??

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@skyrider12-au wrote:
Didn't know that you were here stawks - but I'm glad that you are.

               nerd.gif   Worried now

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Stawks, just get out your hacky sack, guessing sky does a little. Smiley Very Happy

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I can't even begin to understand that post, Kopes

 

I know what a hacky sack is, but.....................shrug.gif

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Sorry, I'm assuming sky does a little skydiving, hacky sack is often played amongst divers on the ground while waiting for the plane or weather.

 

On topic - Care ns...............C air ns..................C hair ns...................looks like most of us are on the same page.

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Geez,  how would I know that!

 

You're the plane guy.    You wouldn't have gotten that outta me under torture.

 

C air ns    -    yep, only way as far as I'm concerned

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

@skyrider12-au wrote:

You have probably heard weather readers on tv prnounce the towns name as Cans when they read the weatha


Yes I have sky,  from the weatha readers, lol.   Now what I want to know is .....   why??


Couldn't get back to answer your Q yesterday and I'm not all that sure that I can answer it without being too offensive so I'll attempt to tone it down. I think the answer can be found somewhere between education (lack of) and laziness with a smattering of gender thrown in. I don't want to elaborate any further than that ... I get into a good deal of trouble voicing my opinions, as you probably know.

As for hacky sack .. although Kope's assumptions are correct about  jumping out of perfectly good planes, I have never played hacky sack. I once saw a group of U.S. marine types playing the game, and playing it well, but that's about as close as I have been to a hacky sack.

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