On 31/03/2005, at 1:48 AM, Kevin Handy wrote:
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, ???
Rhymes with kludge :-)
OK, jud-j, certainly not joo-j.
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