Tenny Runners (tennis shoes) (1965)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Ozzie" is becoming more popular, but in the U.S. "Aussie" has always been normal and virtually unanimous.

  I think it's only recently that the "Ozzie" pronunciation has started to supplement "awssy" in the U.S.

  JL

"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> Also HDAS II.
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> JL
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>> On Sep 22, 2006, at 11:50 AM, i wrote:
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>>> ... my ozzie son-in-law reports
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>> i meant "aussie". pronounced "ozzie".
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> See The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 5.3-4, c1989) for an
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> Oz meaning Aus.

yes, i was aware of this, and even used "oz" in my first posting
about my son-in-law. but the system, as i understand it, is that the
colloquial name of the place is spelled (not ) but the
colloquial name of a person from Oz is spelled (not
), pronounced like the name Ozzie (as in Nelson or Guillen).

arnold

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