Then there was the American Austronaut that crash-landed in the
Australian outback.  When he finally came to after being unconscious for
more than 24 hours, he noticed he was in pretty bad shape.  Luckily he
was found by a man.  The Austronaut asked the man "Did I come here to
die?" to which the man replied (in a very thick Australian accent), "No,
you got here yesterday."

jp

Bob Barr wrote:
>
> "Alan B. Pearce" wrote:
>
> >
> >At the end of the argument the owner of the surname is the arbiter of how
> >it
> >is said.
> >
>
> Usually true, but sometimes subject to change. When I was in the Navy (many
> years ago), our ship had a crusty gunner's mate named 'Thereault'(sp?). He
> pronounced his name 'the-RAWLT'.
>
> A new ensign reported aboard with the same last name who pronounced his name
> 'TERR-ee-oh'.
>
> Over the 1MC (PA system), you'd hear the announcement "Gunner's mate
> the-RAWLT, report to Ensign TERR-ee-o on the bridge". (Of course, the
> difference was often exaggerated to make the ensign's name sound prissy. He
> eventually changed the pronuciation to match the gunner's mate's.)
>
> Regards, Bob
>
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