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Old 04-06-2007, 10:13 PM
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Word pronunciations....

This always sticks in my neck....
Pronouncing old names....
How do you get "Dew-merrick" out of Dumaresq??
How do you get "Gunna Goonoo" out of Goonoo Goonoo
Or pronounce Tia as "tyre"

I notice out in the country areas you pronounce a word with " i " as "eye"
Quirind-eye
Mungind-eye

You can understand Narrabri or Boggabri but Quirindi?

Get this, here in Walcha we have a bridge just north of town called "Bergen-op-zoom"
Now can anyone tell me what an "op-zoom" is supposed to mean...

This is confusing and hilarious at the same time....

My head hurts....

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