So ole's moving to the Great White North

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Re: So ole's moving to the Great White North

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If we were to talk about PHP -- it'd be interesting to see how people pronounce stuff. SQL/sequal, day-ta/data, cache (lol, yes at one time you probably said cash-aye), etc. There are better examples but I am tired.
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Re: So ole's moving to the Great White North

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Because I'm English I have a completely different technical dialect out here. It's funny, when I'm in the office I say things in the aussie way just because everyone else does, but outside of work I speak in my normal English Accent.

Some things I have to say differently.

English pronunciations first:

1. Data = Day - ta
2. Router = Root - er (They laugh at me if I say this!! When I first arrived I wanted to know where the best place to buy a wireless router was and how much it should roughly cost. I was met by the sound of laughter from a bunch of my colleagues. "How much should a wireless rooter cost? Where can I get one?" :lol: In England "root" means nothing out of the ordinary).
3. Cache = Cash
4. Status = Stay - tus

Aussie pronunciations:

1. Data = Dar - ta
2. Router = Row - ter
3. Cache = Kay - sh
4. Status = Stat - tus (without elongating the "aah" sound. Abrupt, status).

There are others but I can't think of them right now.
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Re: So ole's moving to the Great White North

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I don't think I could ever get used to Aussie pronunciations :mrgreen: Keep updating the list as they come Chris, it is quite amusing ;)

Although, I'm with the Aussies on Row-ter


@Ole: Yet another recruit! woot! :drunk:
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Dude, I wish I was independently wealthy. I would so spring for a PHPDN World Conference. That would be bad ass.
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@Ole: Yet another recruit! woot!
Recruit for what?
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canada, I'd assume.
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Re: So ole's moving to the Great White North

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Alas, I live in a bit of a random country that not many people go to visit...or even live in in the first place. Stupid ancestors, why couldn't they pick a bigger country to be from!?

So yes, I have not met anyone from devnet. I did go to London for a few days but nobody responded to my post about meeting up. Stupid Devnetters.

Anyway, good luck ole in the canadas.
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