Original sentence: "Aussie" is a friendly (however sometimes used offensively) slang word for "Australian"; in Australia (and the UK), it is pronounced "O-zee", IPA:., however, it is pronounced  or ; pronouncing the word with a voiceless /s/ in place of the voiced /z/ is strongly frowned upon by Australians, who consider it a canonically North American error, along with such errors as pronouncing the last syllables of Melbourne and Brisbane as "born" and "bane," respectively (both are correctly pronounced with a schwa).In the U
Edited sentence: Aussie is a friendly (however sometimes used offensively) slang word for "Australian".Pronouncing the word with a voiceless  in place of the voiced  is strongly frowned upon by Australians, and is considered a canonically North American error, along with such errors as pronouncing the last syllables of Melbourne and Brisbane as "born" and "bane," respectively (both are correctly pronounced with a schwa).The correct pronunciation is "O-zee" (IPA: ) and not "O-see" (IPA:  or )