[ExI] C does not stand for the speed of light... (Colbert)

[Damien Broderick]

At 09:32 AM 5/3/2007 +0930, Emlyn wrote:

>It's a generation gap, not a culture gap. I watched sesame street,
>pronounced "zed" as "zee" for years...

Yep. When I was a lot closer to 20 or 30 than I am now, I wandered 
into an Aussie rumpus room where the TV set was minding a bunch o' smalls.

"This is a care-f," said the woman's voice, possibly from Sesame 
Street, showing a carf ambling beside a cow. "Say `care-f'!"

All the little Aussies dutifully cried: "`Caaaaaare-f'!"

And yet--oddly enuff, Aussies maintain an idiosyncratic accent even 
so, unless they've been to very posh schools.

Damien Broderick