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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names



"Chris Brownbill" <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:

>Now some more obscure ones I don't know
>
>Merrygoen

 MERRY -GO -n

(final "n" as if someone is saying "going" without the final g)

>Merrywinebone

As it is spelt as three words merry-wine-bone (although apparently some people in
the cotton industry call it merry-WIN-a-bone)

>Pokataroo

POCK-at-a-roo (with a secondary stress on the "roo")

>Weismantels

WEECE--mant-els

Eddie Oliver