Re: Pronunciation - some more enquiries

Geoff Lambert (G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au)
Thu, 05 Feb 1998 07:17:06 GMT

Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au (Eddie Oliver) wrote:

>G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert) wrote:

>>Garema Gareema?

>I had always thought it was Ga-REE-ma until someone pronounced
>it GAR-im-a (with GAR as in "Garry") - which put doubts in my mind!

Actually, we might be talking about different Garemas. The one I
based my guess on is the Garema of Garema Place in Canberra, I think
it's where the buses leave from.... my wife, who often caught them,
says that one is "Gareema".