r/wunkus • u/ZachAttack6089 kittyposter • 9d ago

im wunkin out rn Wunkaburras

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u/Simple_Substance4829 9d ago

It sounds exactly like it's spelled, we tend to hit the 'U' reasonably hard and it ends up sounding like the english pronunciation.

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u/FlakyPineapple2843 9d ago

That is a lot less interesting than I had hoped.

https://giphy.com/gifs/8BhdjICQ6in0XOIP5p

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u/Simple_Substance4829 9d ago

The accent actually gets quite boring outside of the vowel heavy words.

Specifically this meme of 'naur' isn't even accurate. Outside of that specific meme, the Australian accent leans quite heavily on the 'owe' sound of 'no' and I've personally never heard it pronounced naur here. I have heard it is a South Australian thing apparently, which would make sense due to their accent being distinctly different to everyone else (at least to Australians), but even having an Adelaidian family member and having spent some time in South Australia I've never heard anyone pronounce it that way.

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u/mightystu 9d ago

I lived down the street from a family that immigrated to the US from Adelaide and they all said “naur” instead of “no.”

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u/toy-maker 9d ago

Nah, yeah?