What is the pronunciation of "Aussie"? [closed]

"Aussie" first of all, is pronounced "Oz-ee" as you pointed out. That's how it's pronounced here in Australia.

It doesn't matter if it doesn't follow the rest of the pronunciation of the world. It's like our name, and our name is pronounced the way we pronounce it.

This is like when you ask someone his name, he will tell you how to pronounce it, even if it doesn't seem to follow English pronunciaton names. i.e. Boissevain is pronounced "Boh-se vah" (That's my friend's name).

A few things in Australia get shortened and pronounced with a "z" sound, with or without "z" spelling, mosquito = mossie, costume = cozzy, position = pozzzy. And it happens a lot to people's names, Barry = Bazza, Darrel = Dazza, Gary = Gazza, Karen = Kaz, etc, etc. Just seems to be a sound liked in Oz by Aussies.