Aussie is a frienly slang word for Australian. In Australia and New Zealand the word is only pronounced /ˈɒziː/; however, in the United States, it is either pronounced /ˈɔːsi/ or /ˈɑːsi/; and pronunciation of the word in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada usually follows Australian and New Zealand practice. 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).