hemispherically challenged
4 April 2002
the correct pronounciation of newcastle, as in newcastle-upon-tyne, is without an r: nuKASSul, or thereabouts. newCARsul is a southern affectation and totally wrong. today i discover that in newcastle, australia the opposite is true. in that city the locals say newCARsul and the incomers say nuKASSul. they’re quite upside down.