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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Station Names
From: alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba)
Date: 15 Jan 1998 14:46:08 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: <insert smart-ass comment about messy desks here>
References: <34BC20C8.7510705@ozemail.com.au>
Reply-To: alberta@zip.com.au

In the message about  Pronunciation of Sta*****, from TRAINMAN@OZEMAIL.COM.AU to ALL!, TRAINMAN@OZEMAIL.COM.AU said:"

TT> Albert Alcoceba wrote:

TT> > Telopea                  Te-loh-PEE-ah

TT> More like    tell-OH-pee-ah

I'd disagree with that.  The majority of people seem to pronounce it
Te-loh-PEE-ah, the same as the botanical name for the Waratah plant -
Telopea Specisossima which is where I assume the name of the suburb came
from.


Regards,

Albert.


 * RM 1.31  * Albert! alberta@zip.com.au http://www.zip.com.au/~alberta/

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