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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names



There was a mini-series a few years ago about the Eureka Stockade and he
was called Law-ler in that.
Regards,
-- 
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au
Geoff Lambert <G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au> wrote in article
<6a6csb$ed3$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>...
> Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au (Eddie Oliver) wrote:
> 
> >Michael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> 
> >>Everybody I have spoken to call it Lay-lor (VIC). My family on my
> >>mother's side grew up in Reservoir (REZ-er-vor although some call it
> >>REZ-er-vwa) and in my old job, I have spoken to many people on the
phone
> >>who live there who pronounced it the same way.
> 
> >I agree (from meagre knowledge) that the station and suburb are commonly
> >lay-lor.   However the federal electorate is definitely pronounced
law-ler, and
> >I suspect that this is historically correct.
> 
> >Both were presumably named after the person of that name prominent
> >in Australian history (I won't show my ignorance by attempting to
describe
> >the history.)
> 
> I know a bloke who claims to be a direct descendant of Lalor and he
> swears the name is pronounced laylor.
> 
> Geoff Lambert
> 
> 
>