G'day Murray,

Here in Australia, the general folk dance pronunciation comes out as "Shoteash", but a lot of old players in the country clip it down to "Shotease". Neither has any validity in the alleged German derivation ... and nothing like the argument potential of Varsovienna / Varsovienne / Varsoviana / Versuviana / ... / Vater Wiesskopf / ... / ? / !

Regards,

Bob Bolton