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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names
"Chris Brownbill" <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in aus.rail:
>Since i'm posting here again - how about these:-
>
>Beulah -- BYOO-lah
>Arapiles -- a-RAP-a-LEES
>Gerogery - Jer-RODJ-ery
Are you sure on this one? I always knew it as Ger-oh-gery with a hard
"G", but I would be willing to concede on this one.
>Cohuna - ker-HOON-a
(Home to the biggest, most blood-thirsty mosquitoes in Australia)
>Now some more obscure ones I don't know
>
>Carlsruhe
Karl-sruh
>Moutajup
>Pier Millan
Pier Millan
>Perekerten
Per-e-ker-t'n (I think)
>Girgarre
Ger-gary
>Merrygoen
>Merrywinebone
>Pokataroo
>Weismantels
Ballan and Wallan is:
Ball-an and Wul-lun
Les Brown