on a completely random note

[fahye]

Watching the new Doctor Who was the first time I have ever heard anyone, other than members of my family, pronounce 'yoghurt' the way I do*. I have been MOCKED for that during the course of my life! On many occasions! But I have always stuck to my guns: YOG-ut, not YO-gurt.

I'm feeling more aware of my British roots than usual because since I started at the Sydney Eye Hospital two days ago, no less than three patients have asked me what my accent is. And okay, it's not VERY Australian, but it's still more Australian than not, I feel. One of them guessed Canadian (????).


*I guess...it is not a word one expects to pop up on the television with any great frequency. Though I'm watching QI series G and Stephen Fry just said it. PRONUNCIATION CANNOT BE WRONG WHEN IT IS ENDORSED BY STEPHEN FRY.

Comments

[dr-biscuit.livejournal.com]

I resolutely say YO-ghurt despite all the funny looks I get for it here. Likewise VI-tamin. You have to draw a line, and that's mine. Despite this my father gets increasingly concerned by the pommification of my accent when we talk.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I'll stick with VI-tamin. Though quite honestly I spend fifteen minutes with my cousins and my accent veers alarmingly pommy, so if I ever actually lived there for any amount of time I'd probably shake most of my Australian pronunciation.