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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Station Names
From: kingpin@magna.com.au (Derek Woodlands)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 03:06:58 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Magna Data - Internet Solutions Provider
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:31:25 +1100, Michael Walker
<walker@hotkey.net.au> took time out from wrapping gaffer tape around
gerbils and wrote:
  
> mispronunciation is Launceston. Having spoken to people from Lon-seston
> on the phone in my previous job, if you pronounce it Lorn-seston you get
> varied reactions from a polite correction (20%) to a full angry tirade
> on 'how you Victorians think you're so right but you have no idea' (40%)

Cheese them RIGHT off and pronounce it as LornCHeston.  ;-)


Catchya


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