Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au)
8 Feb 98 00:49:13 GMT

kestrel <kestrel@wr.com.au> wrote in article
<34DB3A45.4B5A3FE8@wr.com.au>...
> Derek Woodlands wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:31:25 +1100, Michael Walker
> > <walker@hotkey.net.au> took time out from wrapping gaffer
> > tape around
> > gerbils and wrote:
> >
>
> >
>
> Why not really piss them right off and pronounce it the way
> the poms do Lornston????
> Just a thought.
>
> Brian
>
The Cornish - not upcountry Poms from the wrong side of the Tamar,
pronounce it LON-son, there's no cess or t in the pronounciation. Don't
argue with me, I'm Cornish, and I've been there a number of times.

David