Huw Davies wrote:
Well kludge has been in common use in Queensland (Australia) since at
least the early 1900s as the name of an outside toilet. This probably
pre-dates any computing reference :-)
In Queensland it's pronounced to rhyme with judge,
We know you furriners don't know how to speak english properly, unlike
us Americans [;)], so, how do you pronounce "judge" in Queensland?
joo-j, jud-j, ju-ah-j, ja-j, ???