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People on the radio have to say a lot of names of people and places which they might not be familiar with -- how do they know how to pronounce them all correctly?
It's actually someone's job to make a database of all these pronunciations, and to keep it updated as new people and places are making the news. In this bonus episode, recorded at our liveshow in Sydney, we get enthusiastic about words, style guides, emoji and more with special guest Tiger Webb, who makes the pronunciation guide for the ABC.
Lauren and Tiger also quiz Gretchen on whether she's learned any Australianisms on her visit to Australia, and Gretchen fires back with a few Canadianisms of her own.
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