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Posted By: GUEST,SqueezeMe
12-May-15 - 09:42 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
Subject: RE: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation

The New South Wales (Australia) town of Canowindra in pronounced Canoundra.

Goonoo Goonoo (NSW) is pronounced Gunner Gernoo.

Cairns, in Far North Queensland? I tell American friends that it is pronounced the way a Texan would describe the containers that beans are sold in....