Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-84.112.16.71-20130713223440/@comment-101.162.181.77-20130729041806

As an Australian, and someone who has studied Japanese and study abroad there, Australia is pronounced as Majorelle said. And it makes more sense, as the person above me said - after all, we're an island nation with a huge interest in sport and the outdoors. Swimming is kind of a big thing here, and in comparison I've never heard anything about Austria's swimmers (nor have I heard of anyone calling it "Wien" when pronouncing it in Japanese).