Comments by "Teagirl009" (@Teagirl009) on "American Reacts to 50 WORDS AUSTRALIANS PRONOUNCE WEIRD.." video.

  1. I've never ever heard any Aussie say VIT-amin. That's how the British say it. We say VY-tamin. 🙂 He was probably talking to someone from the UK originally lol. Definitely NUT-ella because it's made from hazelNUTs. I'll agree OOno is correct not YOUno. Adidas we pronounce is closer to the correct pronunciation to the country it comes from. I agree Filet should be pronounced Filay. I have some switch words too. One of them being project. Most times I'll say PROJ-ect and other times I'll say PRO-ject. Not sure what he's talking about with advertisement, we say Ads all the time. I never say advert lol. With cordial the drink... that's a completely different word to cordial as in someones behaviour which we also pronounce the same way as Americans. I'll definitely defend our Aunt over "ant" lol. I've never heard anyone say boo-kay of flowers. It's always been Bo-kay🤷‍♀️ With Melbourne it's more so pronounced Melbn/Melben rather than Melbin. Tbh if it was said the way it's spelt even Australians should be saying Mel-born but with a silent R. I saw someone comment the other day...."imagine if we said the "the Bourne Identity" the way we say Melbourne "😂. I agree though everyone has different accents and sometimes some people get too precious about it. I highly doubt Aussies would go to the US and start saying New York with an American accent. Sound kinda wanky if they did. There's some things we say closer to Americans than the English such as water. We tend to pronounce t's and double t's as a d sound like you do. Where as the British will say emphasise the t as a t sound. Mum isn't just an Aussie thing. The British and Kiwis also spell and say it Mum.
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  2. Totally agree! I bet they wouldn't go to America and start saying everything with their accent or pronounciation. Most times pronounciation doesn't matter. I saw people correcting how Ian says "Aldi"...to saying it our way. Why? It's not even an Australian supermarket chain, it's German. Who cares. I did laugh at Ian dubbing over QUEENSLAND In his last mail time to cover up the Queenslnd (which he says without the A). Bless him but not necessary imo.
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  3. Agreed. Adidas we say correctly. Even the actual Adi Dassler said how pronounce it in an interview. Puma is a actually a South American origin word for a cougar I believe. And they pronounce it Poo-ma. I googled and read the German company also pronounces it this way. So aussie/British pronounciation is probably wrong. Buoy is derived from buoyant or buoyancy....to float. So we are definitely saying that correct in Australia when you consider how to pronounce the words it's derived from.
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  4.  @lmaree200886  haha I did earlier. So basically they were doing a play on the word to use it as "you know" in their jingle?. I suppose they thought that was a clever jingle lol. Either way it's a Spanish word, so it's OOno.
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  5. Forgot to add. With Adidas. Australian pronounciation is the most correct. Named after Adi Dassler (German man). He even did an interview where he was asked how to pronounce it. There's no emphasis on the second syllable. So it's not ah DEE dahs. There's actually a slight emphasis on the first syllable AH-dee-dahs. Though many will drop the emphasis and say it fast with no emphasis on any syllable. Still very close to the original. If we consider puma is a South American word for cougar I think...and they pronounce it Poo-ma. Then America is probably correct there.
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  6. I agree on most that there's no right or wrong (for universal words.) Except when it comes to words that are specific to a country, or from another language. If we're telling Americans that Emu should be pronounced Emyou not emoo because it's our word. Then puma should be pronounced Poo-ma as it's a south American (Peruvian) word for Cougar and it's actually pronounced Poo-ma not pewma. And same with UNO, which means one in Spanish and Italian. It's not an English word. Though I don't know anyone that actually think it's pronounced Youknow lol. Maybe some people said that for a joke somewhere along the line and some Americans though they were serious. 🤷‍♀️
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  7. We always said Alfoil when I was growing up. Some brands still call it that in the supermarkets.
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  8. Agreed re Emu. And that foreign words, should be said the way it is in the country of origin. In which case Puma is Poo-ma lol (not pewma) As it's a south America word(Peruvian I believe), meaning cougar or fur of a cougar. And they pronounce it Poo-ma. Same with UNO. Spanish/Italian for one which most people would know. OOno. Though I don't know anyone here that actually says it YOU no here lol. I think the American pronounciation for Nissan is closer to the Japanese. However, our pronounciation of Adidas is correct. As it's named after German man Adi Dassler. And he told people how to say it in interviews. And there is definitely no emphasis on the second syllable. Hyundai, both countries say it incorrectly according to Korean pronounciation lol
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  9.  @bowiesinspace7152  Oh Wow! you're the first I've heard of. Unless you're originally from the UK? or your parents were from Britain originally by chance?
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