User:Dennisleey/sandbox

Linguistics

 * Schwa
 * Glottal stop (button, can't, wait..)
 * Flapping (闪音，t发d音): better, matter, little, bottle, bottom, latter, litter, butter
 * Relaxed pronunciation (want to -> wanna, kind of -> kinda ...)
 * Valleyspeak, uptalk, vocal fry
 * elision
 * Siamese twins (linguistics)
 * Linking and intrusive R

Slang

 * Mile high club
 * Impressionist (entertainment)
 * Spooning

Australia

 * Australia [ɔ's-dry-ljə], Aussie/Ozzie ['ɔzi], Straya [s-dry-jə], ocker
 * Queensland ['queenzlənd]
 * Brisbane ['brizbən], Brissie
 * Gold Coast
 * Cairns [kæns]
 * Townsville ['townz-vl]
 * Mackay [məˈkaɪ]
 * Rockhampton [ro'camp-tən] (Rocky)
 * Macgregor [məˈgregə], Mackenzie, Mount Gravatt
 * CQU
 * New South Wales
 * Macquarie University [məˈkwa:ri]
 * Mount Kosciuszko [koziːˈʌskoʊ] 喀基-阿斯口
 * Bondi Beach [bondai]
 * UNSW, UTS
 * Wollongong ['wulənɡɔŋ] (The Gong)
 * Victoria
 * Melbourne ['melbən]
 * Geelong [dʒi:'lɔŋ]
 * Monash University [ˈmɒnæʃ]
 * RMIT
 * Swinburne [swin-burn]
 * Tasmania [tæz'meiniə]
 * Hobart ['həuba:t]
 * South Australia
 * Adelaide ['add-laid]
 * ACT
 * Canberra ['kænbərə]
 * ANU
 * Western Australia
 * Murdoch University ['mə:dɔk]
 * UWA

East Asia

 * 🇨🇳 China Chinese
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Hongkonger
 * Macau Macanese
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan Taiwanese
 * Tibet Tibetan
 * East Turkestan
 * 🇯🇵 Japan Japanese
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea Korean
 * 🇰🇵 North Korea Korean
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia Mongolian, Mongol

Southeast Asia

 * Vietnam Vietnamese
 * Laos Laotian
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand Thai
 * Siam, Siamese
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar/ Burma Burmese
 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia Cambodian, Khmer
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia Malaysian, Malay
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore Singaporean
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia Indonesian
 * East Timor East Timorese
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines Philippine, Filipino (Pinoy), Filipina (Pinay)

South Asia

 * 🇮🇳 India Indian
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan Pakistani
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh Bangladeshi, Bengali
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan, Sinhalese
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal Nepalese, Nepali
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan Bhutanese
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Afghan
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives Maldivian

Central Asia

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Kazakh
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Uzbek
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz
 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan Tajiki, Tajikistani
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan Turkmen

Western Asia

 * 🇮🇷 Iran Iranian, Persia, Persian
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq Iraqi
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait Kuwaiti
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian
 * Syria Syrian
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon Lebanese
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan Jordanian
 * 🇾🇪 Yemen Yemeni
 * 🇴🇲 Oman Omani
 * 🇶🇦 Qatar Qatari
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain Bahraini
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates Emirati
 * Palestine Palestinian
 * 🇮🇱 Israel Israeli

East Europe

 * 🇷🇺 Russia Russian
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus Belorussian
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine Ukrainian
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova Moldovan

Baltic

 * 🇪🇪 Estonia Estonian
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia Latvian
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania Lithuanian

Caucasus, Caucasian

 * 🇦🇲 Armenia Armenian
 * Georgia Georgian
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani

Southeastern Europe

 * 🇬🇷 Greece Greek
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey Turkish, Turk
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus Cypriot
 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia Macedonian
 * 🇦🇱 Albania Albanian
 * 🇷🇴 Romania Romanian
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Bulgarian
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia Serbian
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro Montenegrin
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian

Central Europe

 * 🇵🇱 Poland Polish, Pole
 * 🇩🇪 Germany German
 * Czech Czech
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia Slovak
 * 🇦🇹 Austria Austrian
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary Hungarian
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia Croatian
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia Slovenian
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland Swiss
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein Liechtensteiner, Liechtensteinerin

Southern Europe

 * 🇮🇹 Italy Italian
 * Vatican Holy See
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino Sammerinese
 * 🇲🇹 Malta Maltese
 * 🇪🇸 Spain Spanish
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal Portuguese
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra Andorran
 * 🇫🇷 France French, Frenchman
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco Monacan
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Gibraltarian

Western Europe

 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom British, Briton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England English, Englishman
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Scottish, Scot
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales Welsh
 * Northern Ireland Northern Irish, Northern Irishman
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland Irish, Irishman
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands Dutch, Dutchman
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium Belgian
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg Luxembourgish, Luxembourger

Nordic Countries

 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Swedish, Swede
 * 🇫🇮 Finland Finnish, Finn
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark Danish, Dane
 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands Faroe Islander, Faroese
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland Greenlander
 * 🇳🇴 Norway Norwegian
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland Icelandic, Icelander