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AussieChiefsFan 03-18-2013 11:30 PM
Torn

007 03-19-2013 12:04 AM
Turn. I have never heard it pronounced Torn.

cdcox 03-19-2013 12:08 AM
turmet

'Hamas' Jenkins 03-19-2013 12:15 AM
Turn-a-ment.

You left out the best one, though: "Tuhna-ment".

Watch The Masters.

AussieChiefsFan 03-19-2013 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 9512855)
Turn. I have never heard it pronounced Torn.
Never heard an Aussie or Englishman say 'tournament'? :D

007 03-19-2013 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan (Post 9512881)
Never heard an Aussie or Englishman say 'tournament'? :D
Maybe when I meet you.

AussieChiefsFan 03-19-2013 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 9512907)
Maybe when I meet you.
Someone's eager.

007 03-19-2013 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan (Post 9512912)
Someone's eager.
We are either coming down for our 25th wedding anniversary or our 30th. Most likely the 30th because we are not planning on taking the kids.

AussieChiefsFan 03-19-2013 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 9512918)
We are either coming down for our 25th wedding anniversary or our 30th. Most likely the 30th because we are not planning on taking the kids.
It'll be odd meeting another Chiefs fan. Kind of surreal to think of, for me.

ClevelandBronco 03-19-2013 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by "Bob" Dobbs (Post 9510541)
Then there are those who pronounce it TOORnament.
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That's the one.

Bump 03-19-2013 12:44 AM
Turn

AussieChiefsFan 03-19-2013 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco (Post 9512923)
That's the one.
And TOWnament for people from NJ?

ClevelandBronco 03-19-2013 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan (Post 9512927)
And TOWnament for people from NJ?
Toonament, probably (with the "oo" sound from "book"). No "r" sound.

AussieChiefsFan 03-19-2013 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco (Post 9512936)
Toonament, probably (with the "oo" sound from "book"). No "r" sound.
Yeah I haven't got the New Joisey accent down to a tee.

ClevelandBronco 03-19-2013 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan (Post 9512942)
Yeah I haven't got the New Joisey accent down to a tee.
So, can you tell me why Australians are so much better at sounding like Yanks than Yanks are at faking an Australian accent?


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