Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

["Chris Brownbill" <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

> : 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.
> 
> That's correct (pronounciation & basis for suburb name).
> 
> Telopea is the second Station down the track from Carlingford on the 
> Carlingford line.

Well it seems we have another NSW/Victoria anomaly here.  There is a
rail-less place in Victoria on the edge of the Big Desert just north of
Serviceton, called Telopea Downs.  It is very definitely pronounced
Tell-OH-pee-ah.