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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)