Poll on pronunciation of "macadamia" (the nut): input from Australians appreciated

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So, this morning I was at my favourite Subway and bought some cookies: two chocolate chip and one white choc macadamia.

I pronounced it "mack-a-DAY-mee-a" and the lady behind the counter (Michaela, whom I've mentioned before) corrected me to "mack-a-DAH-mee-a". I said, fine, since we're in Germany, I'll pronounce it the German way if she prefers. She says it has nothing to do with whether we're speaking German or English: the nut comes from Australia, and there they pronounce it "mack-a-DAH-mee-a" in English, too.

I'm skeptical and so I thought I'd make a poll. If you're not Australian but know someone who is, please feel free to point them here; I'd like as many responses from Australians as possible.

Oh, and I'm mainly concerned about the pronunciation of the "macadamia" part; if, say, the bit before or the bit after sounds different in your pronunciation than what I've written down, please ignore that and pick the option which matches your pronunciation of the "-dam-" bit. Thanks!

[Poll #549066]

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Re: Klingon Wikipedia

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Followup:

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"But I've been convinced for a long time that Klingon should be closed, and just didn't get around to it because it wasn't that important. It still isn't that important. It isn't like I waited until an opportune moment when the Klingons were sleeping to launch my dastardly attack."

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