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Why is Australia called Oz?

Started by adamm, May 25, 2013, 08:36:22 AM

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adamm

The word Australia when referred to informally with its first three letters becomes Aus. When Aus or Aussie, the short form for an Australian, is pronounced for fun with a hissing sound at the end, it sounds as though the word being pronounced has the spelling Oz.


Buzz_Bumble

It's really pronounced "Ost-ray-lee-a" (like "Ost-ree-a" for Austria), but it's the awful Australian and New Zeland accent that turns it into "Oz-tray-lee-a".

Of course, with the "friendly rivary" between Australia and New Zealand, many New Zealanders would probably say it's "Oz" because the country is full of brainless scarecrows, cowardly lions, and heartless tinmen.  ;)

HeadInAnotherGalaxy

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DOCTOR: How is that news to anyone?

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-Sometime later, the second mate was unexpectedly rescued by the subplot, which had been trailing a bit behind the boat (and the plot). The whole story moved along.

Buzz_Bumble

Hollyweird ran out of ideas long ago thanks to being taken over by a greedy talentless generation. That's why we get so many silly reboots (and reboots of reboots) where all they can do is butcher someone else's hard work.  :(

Lily

Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on May 26, 2013, 01:18:02 AM
Of course, with the "friendly rivary" between Australia and New Zealand, many New Zealanders would probably say it's "Oz" because the country is full of brainless scarecrows, cowardly lions, and heartless tinmen.  ;)
Nah, that's just Parliament House. The rest of us are OK. ;)

DanielofRedwall

Quote from: Lily on May 29, 2013, 04:11:30 AM
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on May 26, 2013, 01:18:02 AM
Of course, with the "friendly rivary" between Australia and New Zealand, many New Zealanders would probably say it's "Oz" because the country is full of brainless scarecrows, cowardly lions, and heartless tinmen.  ;)
Nah, that's just Parliament House. The rest of us are OK. ;)
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Buzz_Bumble

Quote from: Lily on May 29, 2013, 04:11:30 AM
Nah, that's just Parliament House. The rest of us are OK. ;)

By that definition pretty much every country on the planet would be called "Oz".  ;)