"Tom S" > skrev i melding
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> "BFSON" > wrote in message
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> That sounds about right to me, except it wasn't the Aussies who came up
with
> the name. Quite likely they don't pronounce it correctly either! Shiraz
is
> a city in Iran, and close to where wine originated. Ironic that it isn't
> the local beverage there anymore, isn't it? :^(
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I once asked an Iranian colleague for the "right" pronounciation which
turned out to be close to the usual continental European "sheerahs".