@Zagorath by the way you say graph, I'll know where you're *not* from. I love Alan Kohler but every time he says graph, I flinch
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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Personally I say graph with [ɑː], but there's something about the way Kohler says it that sounds more palatable than the American /æ/. I'm not really sure what it is.
If you say aunts the same way so say pants, then it's both.
As far as I’m aware, that pronunciation of aunts is never used by Australians.
I pronounce it like that
France rhymes with pants.
🎵There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance
There's a hole in the wall where the men can see it all 🎵
It's not a true rhyme with either of them.
If you say “France” or “dance” in a way that rhymes with “aunts”, you will open yourself up to merciless ribbing, with people affecting a posh English “oh I say old chap” accent every time you’re around. Far better to play up the Aussie drawl (and if in doubt, shorten a few words by replacing the last vowel with “-o”) to leave no doubt that you’re a true-blue dinky-di Aussie whose ancestors were transported for stealing a loaf of bread rather than someone who’d rather be wearing a top hat and sipping a Pimm’s.
I 100% thought the thumbnail was two people arguing over Poo! or Peww! and was really confused… it’s pool, so that’s alright then.
I think it depends a lot on how you say 'aunts'
I don't think any Australians pronounce it like "ant".
The correct Australian way to say ‘Aunt’ is how you would refer to Aunty Jack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aunty_Jack_Show
Although I am sure that a lot of the right-wing neo-regressive nut jobs that have popped up in Australia over the last few years would love to refer to her as “anti-Jack” because of the transgender nature of the show.
I do
Yeah we need to resolve that first. Aunts are cool and take you to a theme park on summer break, whereas aunts don't let you sit on the good furniture and the only candy they have are those lozenges with the wrapper that looks like a strawberry
As a General American speaker, all three of those are the same vowel for me, but I don't think that's true in a lot of the world (and also not in at least part of the US).
For me it's "AHnt" for Aunt, "frANce" for France, and "pANts" for pants.
I think we need to address your use of the word candy first. It's lollies m8, fite me
I'm American who wandered in, sorry
I'll give you a pass just this once cobber, just don't shoot 🔫
Aunts. We're just a lot more posh over here in Adelaide.
You also pronounce the popular plastic building toy as “Laygo” so that nullifies any authority you may claim about correct pronunciation.
Yeah, tbh I was kinda hoping you weren't going to bring that one up.
Not posh, just superior.
"Churchy sounding" to the rest of the country.
What about "get a yabby up ya"? Is it yarby or yabby
France.... Pants
‘Franky’
It’s pronounced ’Franky’.
Isn’t it?
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