On 28/06/2010 22:34, Neil Williams wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:18:47 +0100, Jeremy Double
wrote:

OTOH, in English we don't pronounce Paris as "Paree", many people
pronounce Bologne as "Bolloin", we've changed the name of München to
Munich, Köln to Cologne, ???????to Moscow, etc... so as far as I can see,
we can pronounce Santander any way we like in England.

In that case, it's OK for the Aussies to call it "Loogerberoogah". One
can't be OK and the other not.

Neil

And so do some of the locals - I used to work with a woman who
originated from there and she was know to say it that way.

G