Re: Pronunciation - some more enquiries

John McCallum (mccallum@melbpc.org.au)
Fri, 06 Feb 1998 11:46:55 GMT

In article <6bbej2$8na$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>, G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert) wrote:

>>Also I don;'t recall seeing any response to someone else's
>>query re Weeaproinah - that's an important one!

>I think it's
>Wee a proy eenah
>or possibly
>Wee a pro eenah

>That's the way(S) the TV meteorologists used to pronounce it- and it
>was featured so often- I believe it is the wettest place in Victoria.

>Geoff Lambert

I always thought it was " Wee a pro eye nah ". At least that's the way it is
pronounced on the ABC weather.

John McCallum