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Re: Pronunciation of Station Names
> > 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. ;-)
When I was in England last year, I made the mistake of calling their town
of that name "Lorn-seston".
I was (not so politely) told that it was Lorn-ston.
So there,
Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)