On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 08:48:56 -0700, Raqueeb Hassan wrote:

Thanks very much for the help .....

I got both of you, now .....

so for "parkes" it will sound like "parks" in US?


If an American said it it would. The Australian pronunciation would be
with a broader A sound and the R would be silent or nearly so. It would
be somewhere between Parks and Pox. If you can get a copy of the movie
"The Dish" you can hear how Aussie actors say it a least.