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Oh no! More pronounciation questions
Last night (12 Mar) at Central, I heard the dreadfully-proper recorded
station announcer man give a list of stations for a railcar connecting
at Campbelltown with a suburban service off the City Circle.
Amongst the names were:
Station spelling His pronounciation
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Braemar Br'mar or, if you like, Bruh-mar
Talong T'long " " " " " Tuh-long
Are these right?
Together with about 20 other people, I part own a property at
Talong..... all of the 20 owners pronounce it Tay-long... are we all
wet behind the ears?
Geoff Lambert
Geoff Lambert