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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Station Names
From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
Date: 12 Jan 1998 14:32:39 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
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Chris Brownbill (cbrnbill@enternet.com.au) wrote:
>A few more obtuse ones I thought of:
>
>Mooroolbark          MORE-el-bark

Not so. I lived there for 11 years, and it's MOO-ral-bark.

>Wallerawang          Wal-LERRA-wang

And along similar lines (not literally!) Wallangarra is Wallan-garra.

That reminds me. Wallan is Woll-an (rhymes with Wal, as in Walter), not
Whall-an (rhymes with shall) or Worl-an (rhymes with wall). 

How about Walhalla? Usually it's pronounced Woll-halla, but recently on TV
I heard is as Whall-halla.

Cheers
David

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