Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

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

Derek Woodlands <kingpin@magna.com.au> wrote in article
<34d4d2a4.26652345@news.magna.com.au>...
> 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.  ;-)
> 
> 

You could really annoy them and tell them that the inhabitants of the
original Launceston (in Cornwall) pronounce it LONN-st'n.