Yep, that is exclusive to New Yawk I think.I've just listened to Alan Alda on Youtube and he was saying 'Palitics really shacked him these days'. More distinctive in Noo York I think. I can now do quite a decent Alda impression by substituting a for o.
While I have an Aussies ear (also @Occams Barber and @coffee4u), I have an unrelated question. Some years ago I listened online to two episodes of the TV show 60 Minutes Australia. Both contained uncensored profanity, including the "f word". I figured maybe they bleep it out when it airs on TV, but leave it raw when they post it online. But then I listened to some 60 Minutes U.S., and they do censor profanity online.
It's obviously the same production company, same product. I wonder why they'd censor one and not the other. I was wondering, maybe Australia allows strong profanity on TV? I wouldn't think so, but I don't know.
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