Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 2

[The Speaker]

I don't think that's true at all. Australians are friendlier than most on a one-on-one level and Americans are just as big campaigners on the road as anywhere else.

Nope, the US has a built-in culture of politeness that we don't have. Like Power Raid says, though, it's a veneer. Generally when we're polite to someone it's because we have a genuine interest in them, which Americans don't.

I don't think it has any impact on roundabouts vs stop signs though. To me that just seems to be what each country has been brought up on, and now it's habit.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Roundabouts have far greater traffic flow than 4-way stop signs. Mythbusters did an experiment on it using yanks who were accustomed to the 4-way and had to be given a special training session on how to use a roundabout. Even then plenty more cars got through the roundabout in the test session. 4-way stops are just stupid, the council should put a roundabout there, even if it is just a kerb 2m in diameter with a signpost it would save confusion.

 

[Power Raid]

157 Berwick.

I lived in East Vic Park when I went back to uni. Not being from Perth, I wasn't familiar with Perth pronunciation and no one could understand where I was describing when I said Berwick Street.

Berwick is pronounced like Warwick (without a W in the middle), "Bear rick", unless your from Perth!

 

[Scotland]

It's Berrick. Anyone who calls it Ber-wick should be shot.

 

[Beerfish]

Family grew up in the area. Has always been Berwick.

 

[The Speaker]

It's Berrick. Anyone who calls it Ber-wick should be shot.

Captain Paul always said the latter, so I'll go with him.

 

[Beerfish]

I've honestly never heard anyone pronounce it Berrick. wtf?

 

[Biggie]

It's Berrick. Anyone who calls it Ber-wick should be shot.

Never ever heard that.

 

[Power Raid]

Heck even most blokes these days would look at the kitchen first.

oh those Gen Y boys never fail to give me a smile!

 

[The Speaker]

I've honestly never heard anyone pronounce it Berrick. wtf?

They would over east.

 

[Beerfish]

They would over east.

Must be like how they pronounce derby darby instead of spelling it darby if that's how they want to say it.

 

[Power Raid]

I've honestly never heard anyone pronounce it Berrick. wtf?

 

[Off The Couch]

Never heard anyone call it berrick
- it’s Berwick so it looks like you’re shooting quite a few of us

 

[Power Raid]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Berwick

 

[Off The Couch]

It’s got me thinking now why it is that we prounce one as berwick and the other as warrick

 

[Power Raid]

Family grew up in the area. Has always been Berwick.

WA has a record of spelling mistakes and pronunciation mistakes for suburbs and towns. The common theme for errors was sign writers who just stuffed up on train platforms.

Burrswood - burswood
Cardoup - Cardup
Muchela - Muchea

Freemantle - Fremantle

 

[quotemokc]

Pfffft, next you will be telling us that Cockburn doesn't sound how its spelled.

 

[Beerfish]

And Innaloo is actually Einnarloo. Upper Swan is Ooper Swarn.

 

[Biggie]

And Innaloo is actually Einnarloo. Upper Swan is Ooper Swarn.

 

[Power Raid]

Pfffft, next you will be telling us that Cockburn doesn't sound how its spelled.

nothing antibiotics couldn't cure

 

[Admiral Byng]

used to s**t me the way that guy in the Hardly Normal radio ads pronounced Mid-Land

I've also taken to the French pronunciation of Baldivis

 

[Kram]

Half the country towns either end with 'up' in the SW or 'in' through the wheatbelt.

 

[Scotland]

Never heard anyone call it berrick
- it’s Berwick so it looks like you’re shooting quite a few of us

This works for me.

 

[JackOutback]

Nope, the US has a built-in culture of politeness that we don't have. Like Power Raid says, though, it's a veneer. Generally when we're polite to someone it's because we have a genuine interest in them, which Americans don't.

I don't think it has any impact on roundabouts vs stop signs though. To me that just seems to be what each country has been brought up on, and now it's habit.

I didn't find them much different to Aussies. Sure, those working in the service industry are ultra polite because they have a financial incentive in being so, but ordinary Americans seemed to be about, or slightly below, par. Not a major difference.

And we might pronounce it Ber-wick, but technically, it absolutely should be Berrick. Rockingham and Beckenham shouldn't have an elongated ham at the end either.

 

[largebus]

Half the country towns either end with 'up' in the SW or 'in' through the wheatbelt.

"up" means "meeting place" in Noongar iirc