From: "Randy H" 

My brother is engaged to an Aussie lass. I thought the Pommies were off their nut....

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article ,
> Steve Ewing  wrote:
> >=====
> >A NZ'er moves to Australia and is embarassed by his nationality. He is
> >particularly aware of his unmistakable accent. One day he walks into a
> >shop and asks for "five dollars worth of FUSH and CHUPS".
>
> No, it's the Aussies who have the poor pronunciation. They say "FEESH and
> CHEEPS". I still recall my first trip to Australia, My first experience of
> the accent difference was when I got into a taxi at the airport and the
> driver said, "Deed yew have a nice treep?"
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
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