Re: Pronunciation of Station names - Launceston

John McCallum (mccallum@melbpc.org.au)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 11:35:51 GMT

In article <34E8BC14.5606@iprolink.co.nz>, Dave McL <>davemcl@iprolink.co.nz
> wrote:

>Australians seem to call Fremantle Free-mantle. Here in NZ, the
>newsreaders call it Fr'mantle.

>Dave McL
>Auckland New Zealand

Tp my knowledge as an ex Sandgroper is that Free-mantle is correct. However
the emphasis should be on both the !st and 2nd syllables equally. In other
words, it is not FREEmantle.

John McCallum