American Things That Really Confuse Australians

Pronunciation

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@luobro asked…

“Why do Americans pronounce parmesan as parmezhaaan? Where does the zh sound come from? It’s neither an s/z nor a g as in parmigiano… (In Australia parmesan kind of rhymes with artisan but with a [z])”

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