American R

Over the past 3.5 years I have noticed many differences in pronunciation between Australians and Americans . . . two this month have been related to the letter R:

1. A few weeks ago I was at a neighborhood dinner party talking about my American trip in October and as I was telling my new friends about my visit with an Amish family in Iowa one neighbor asked, "Oh, the A-mish live there." No, I said, the Ah-mish. "Really," he said, "is there an R in it?"
**note: Australians pronounce AR as AH and when the A stands alone it sounds just like the letter of the alphabet. He was trying to be funny!

2. When Makoa asked me what we were having for dinner I replied, "Chicken and coRn."
"That's not how you say it," he said.
"Say what?"
"Cohn."
(it amazes me to see how much kids learn about pronunciation and word choice at such an early age)
Well, however you pronounce it, this family loves it!