Australian slang

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Postby Shazzam » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:59 am

OORAY which means goodbye.

Hooray can mean hello.
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Postby Vega » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:06 am

Shazzam wrote:OORAY which means goodbye.

Hooray can mean hello.


Hello. I have a question. How do you pronounce them?

Is it ok if I will pronounce them in the following way:

OORAY = Oh Ray.
Hooray= Who Ray.

Thank you in advance.
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Postby Shazzam » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:26 am

Xkalibur wrote:
Shazzam wrote:OORAY which means goodbye.

Hooray can mean hello.


Hello. I have a question. How do you pronounce them?

Is it ok if I will pronounce them in the following way:

OORAY = Oh Ray.
Hooray= Who Ray.

Thank you in advance.


First one is more: OOORAY
Second: WHORAY!
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Re: Australian slang

Postby **Elena** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:21 am

WOW! Thanks a lot for nice and interesting topic!
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