Re: Pronunciations and loco building.
JohnMcCandless (johnmc@topend.com.au)
11 Feb 98 10:24:05 GMT
Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
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> Here in Alice we have the dubious pleasure of viewing
> Ch 10 from Townsville because of a reciprocal deal with
> the local aboriginal TV Imparja.
>
> Last night the bib and bub presenters reported and I
> quote, "Guh nin nin will have to lay off half its
> Townsville work force because it did not win a 110
> million dollar loco contract, which was won by a
> Southern firm".
>
> Guh-nin-nin.!!! I would have thought Goninan was
> pronounced "Gone-in-nan".?
>
> ----Tell
> Alice Springs NT
I've always heard it being pronounced the first way. Goninans' built the
2800 class
locos for QR, which are regular features out my neck of the woods, so the
name often get's mentioned, especially between runningcrews.
English is a funny language sometimes......
John McCandless,
Cloncurry
Johnmc@topend.com.au