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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names




TB wrote in message correcting the heinous sin of mispronouncing
Yeerongpilly <34bc11c9.97912369@147.132.99.56>...

>In our last episode <69g1ir$r5d$1@the-fly.zip.com.au> on 13 Jan 1998
>15:34:51 GMT, Albert Alcoceba told aus.rail:

>>Yeerongpilly             YEE-wrong-ah-PIL-ly
>
>Aaagh!  Big no-no!  :-)
>
>There is *NO* "a" between "Yeerong" and "pilly".  Hence, it's correct
>pronunciation is "Yee-wrong-pil-lee", rhyming with Indooroopilly.


So good to see someone actually does Know how to pronounce the place.

Cheers
Rex