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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
If I recall my Monty Python correctly .... it was Wall-a-ma-loo.
Refer to the "Bruces" sketch .... although I have no idea if they were pronouncing it correctly. Aust'ralia, Aust'ralia, we love you!! No pooftas!!
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Technically it's pronounced the way it's spelt with the following emphasis: WOOL-loo-moo-LOO (with the first two 'oo' sounds matching that of "wool" and the second as in "moon"). In practice, the middle two syllables are the ones that approach the typically Strine, short, vowel-stripping "a" sound, if the vowels have any sound at all, with the first of the middle two most often having the actually pronounced mispronunciation.
These are English representations of the indigenous words, however, so "correct" pronunciation may be different. For instance, I live in Noosa, based on the indigenous name, Gnuthera. It's hard to say from that quite where correct pronunciation lies. In practice though, it's, with near equal emphasis, NOO-SAH ("noo" as in "moon").
Cheers,
Marc
Cheers,
Marc