A chill wind blows through my nervous system

It's a scientific fact that the only people who say "Antartic" are break-and-enter criminals -- in fact, that pronunciation is a prerequisite for employment in their profession, and rightly so.

So if I were Auntie, I'd be keeping a keen eye on the woman who read the News on Radio National at 9 o'clock this morning.

Tagged: scose, abc, australia, australian, english, language, radio, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, journalism, radio+national