Bonus 26: How do radio announcers know how to pronounce all the names? Interview with Tiger Webb (Patreon)

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. Let us know how well you did in the comments below! 

Links: 

• ABC Pronounce, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's pronunciation guide, which Tiger works on 
• Tiger Webb on twitter 

Australianisms: 

• Dorothy Dixer 
• furphy 
• footy 

Canadianisms:

• dep 
• chesterfield 
• Nanaimo bar 

You can listen to this episode on this page, via the Patreon RSS or download the mp3. A transcript of this episode is available as a Google Doc. Lingthusiasm is also on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter. Email us at contact [at] lingthusiasm [dot] com or chat to us on the Patreon page. Gretchen is on Twitter as @GretchenAMcC and blogs at All ThingsLinguistic. Lauren is on Twitter as @superlinguo and blogs at Superlinguo. Thank you to everyone who came out to the Sydney liveshow and especially to special guest Tiger Webb. 

Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our audio producer is Claire Gawne, our editorial manager is Emily Gref, and our editorial producer is Sarah Dopeirala. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.