Re: Pronunciation of Station Names

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

Eddie Oliver <Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote in article
<129113994$Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au>...
> Which syllable(s) is/are stressed  in
> 
> Picola		pi-COLE-ah
> Katamatite		KAT-a-ma-TITE
> Meringur		MERR-in-jer
> Noradjuha		nor-ADJ-er-ah
> Bolangum		bol-AN-gum
> 
> Is the "oo" in Dookie pronounced as in "roo" or "book"?

Dookie rhymes with Spooky

> Koroit?	ker-OYT
> 
> And almost in Victoria:
> 
> Mulwala ?	mull-WHALER
> 

Now, what about these from Victoria?

Navarre
Moriac
Weeaproinah

And these from South Australia?

Coromandel
Gulnare
Cambrai

Then there's this old one

Cairns              is it CARE-ns  or CANS
Bairnsdale        same thing -  BAREns-dale, BARNS-dale or BANNS-dale

This whole thread reminds me of the opening scene of the movie Dimboola
(starring Bruce Spence et al) in which an upper class englishman gets off a
train (T class loco hauled) at Dimboola station - looks at the station sign
and awkwardly says "DIM-BYOO-LAH", to which the porter(!) replies in a
broad accent "Its DEM-BERLA mate".