Weather- January 2010

[Sinchets]

Aboriginal to where though? The Midlands or Scotland?

[Maggi Young]

Aboriginal to where though? The Midlands or Scotland?

Loogaburrooga is how NZers and Australians have been heard to pronounce Loughborough, Simon!

[Sinchets]

You mean they don't have several Loughboroughs in NZ or Aus? Well if I was from Loughborough, I'd actually be upset!

[Anthony Darby]

Aboriginal to where though? The Midlands or Scotland?

When spelled with a capital 'A' it means native Australian.

[Sinchets]

Oh sorry silly me   Though one supposes at some point it must have been used as "aboriginal Australian"- such a shame no one bothered to ask how they referred to themselves.

[Lesley Cox]

I'm not aware of any Loughborough in NZ at least, so have not heard anyone pronounce the word any way at all. Nothing would surprise me though, given how sloppy NZers are with their speech generally.I want to delete thios one but can't.

[Lesley Cox]

Loogaburrooga is how NZers and Australians have been heard to pronounce Loughborough, Simon!

I'm not aware of any Loughborough in NZ at least so have not heard it pronounced any way at all here. Nothing would surprise me though, given how sloppy NZers are generally, with their speech.

[jomowi]

I was actually born and "dragged up' in  Loughborough . for those who do not know just north of Leicester.

Brian