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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names





Rolfe Bozier <rolfeb@genasys.com.au> wrote in article 
> 
> Here's a couple more tricky ones:
> 
> Lake Cargelligo		kar-JELL-igo

Is that right?  I've almost universally heard it pronounced kar-JELLY-ko,
but never understood why it was a k sound rather than the g.

A few more obtuse ones I thought of:

Wauchope            WAR-hope
Merriwa                MERRY-war
Mooroolbark          MORE-el-bark
Lalor                     Law-ler  or   Lay-lor  take your pick
Batman                 Bat-m'n    not like the caped crusader
Kyneton                Kine-ton
Tallangatta            Tal-LANG-gat-TA  (Contrast WANG-gar-RATTA and
PARRA-MATTA)
Wallerawang          Wal-LERRA-wang
Rylstone                Rile-stone

Chris Brownbill.