How do you pronounce Oz Bargain?

mskram on 03/08/2013 - 14:01

Talking with my brother yesterday I was intrigued because he pronounced ozbargain as "Ozziebargain" whereas I pronounce it as ozbargain with oz pronounced like it is in the wizard of Oz. I was just wondering how everyone else pronounces it?

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  • retiredfeline on 03/08/2013 - 14:09
    +15

    Same as you. Where does your brother get the Ozzie?

    • scrimshaw on 03/08/2013 - 15:49
      +1

      Some people pronounce Z as "zie" rather than "zed"

      That might explain how his bro got Oh-Zie bargain rather than "Ohzbargain"

      • retiredfeline on 03/08/2013 - 16:58
        +1

        But it's OzBargain, three syllables, not OhZedBargain, or OhZeeBargain.

      • tomsco on 04/08/2013 - 17:56
        +6

        Zee is an USA pronunciation. If they are pronouncing an Aussie website that way, then ship them off.

  • scotty on 03/08/2013 - 14:24
    +23

    @mskram — you are right & your brother is wrong.

    • leiiv on 03/08/2013 - 17:19
      +2

      Scotty, why is it pronounced that way? I always thought that the Oz means Ozzie = Aussie = Australia?

      • scrimshaw on 03/08/2013 - 17:30
        +3

        It's a portmanteau of Aus and Bargain.

        AusBargain = Ozbargain.

        • leiiv on 04/08/2013 - 02:02
          -1

          Ah, now that makes sense to me.

        • [Deactivated] on 05/08/2013 - 01:45
          +6

          It's a portmanteau…

          portmanteau - Noun - a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; 'smog' is a blend of 'smoke' and 'fog'; 'motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining 'motor' and 'hotel'; 'brunch' is a well-known portmanteau.

          How did this word manage to evade me for so long?

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        • [Deactivated] on 05/08/2013 - 14:30
          +1

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        • Kiz on 05/08/2013 - 15:38

          Now I know what it's called too. A mate once told me he had 'horendogestion', horrendous indegestion. Always stuck with me

        • wbeer on 05/08/2013 - 16:44

          if it were a portmanteau it would be something like Oargain… its simply the joining of two words…. Oz and Bargain.

      • retiredfeline on 04/08/2013 - 12:49

        Well strictly speaking Ozzie/Aussie is short for Australian, while Oz/Aus is short for Australia.

        • [Deactivated] on 05/08/2013 - 14:34

          Or less strictly, a bunch of yobbo's in a land of yobboness.

  • ilostnemo on 03/08/2013 - 14:27
    +27

    I pronounce it, "Hide the Credit Card"

    • aerona on 03/08/2013 - 21:13
      +8

      really? I've been calling it 'the professionals' my whole life

    • voteoften on 05/08/2013 - 10:24

      Doesn't matter. I have both the card numbers seared into my brain.

  • Cheap Steve on 03/08/2013 - 14:50
    +3

    I always call it Ozbargains even though i know better.

    • theStinge on 04/08/2013 - 15:56
      +3

      Haha, a'la "Myers"?

  • cooni on 03/08/2013 - 15:03
    +5

    What do you mean? I thought it was Wizard of Ozzie…

    • _Bruce_ on 03/08/2013 - 17:09

      The series called 'Tinman' redid it as 'the Oh Zee'.

  • [Deactivated] on 03/08/2013 - 15:22
    +2

    O²Bargain. Except for the canned stuff in Japan, oxygen is cheap.
    Oz - as a place to live generally, unfortunately, ain't.
    Even a wander around an NZ supermarket can be depressing.
    Yes, I know… lower wages etc. Still.
    Certainly, the U.S. can be a paradise for a bargain hunter with even a little bit of coin.
    I'm rambling.

  • TheAviator on 03/08/2013 - 16:45
    +2

    well the z in Oz is lower case so definitely the way you pronounce it. Might understand the confusion if it was OZBargain but it isn't :)

  • Helmuth on 04/08/2013 - 02:30
    +2

    It's more fun when you emphasize the ARRRrrr. You can even wear an eyepatch and a parrot if you like.

  • teaBagger on 04/08/2013 - 10:45

    pronounce it as "tightwad"

  • gimli on 04/08/2013 - 11:07
    +1

    i'm of to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of ozbargain

  • Speckled Jim on 04/08/2013 - 11:42
    +1

    Sometimes for me it's OzBogan.

  • Weezle on 04/08/2013 - 12:47
    +2

    Pronunciation: Aus-bargain

    • Weezle on 04/08/2013 - 22:22
      -2

      lol why the neg?

  • marquise on 04/08/2013 - 14:25
    +1

    Shit, this whole time I've been on the wrong site! Time for me, Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow and Tinman to find another forum.

    Signed
    28degrees (formerly known as The Wizard Advantage of Oz)

  • ozy on 04/08/2013 - 16:56
    +1

    (Me yelling at my screen "ozbargain")
    Are we clear now?

  • Scrooge McDuck on 04/08/2013 - 18:41
    +1

    I pronounce it: oz-bar-zhain

    oz - Wizard of Oz

    bar - A man walked into a bar

    zhain - "zh" like the "g" in beige and "ain" like pain.

    .

    Not really, this post hit the nail on the head: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/112321#comment-1528763

    • Speckled Jim on 04/08/2013 - 22:05
      +1

      In the email update of this topic, I misread this as OzBahrain.

  • berger on 05/08/2013 - 08:41

    wow, i had a discussion with my future brother in law about this over the weekend, and a few beers.. He kept saying ozzy bargain.. sigh

  • tarogo on 05/08/2013 - 09:12

    Oz is never pronounced "Ozzie", why would it???

  • ozbargained on 05/08/2013 - 15:46

    I pronounce it Ozbargained.

  • ironsword on 05/08/2013 - 16:39

    Your brother has been watching too much Sesame Street. lol

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