How many O’s in Woolloomooloo*
I am often asked how to pronounce my surname. It’s not too difficult, but for your benefit, I will now attempt at a phonetic guide to my last name.
Essentially, it can be broken down into 3 parts: tara – pore – walla**.
Tara
pronounced ta-ra. Like the girls name; like the house in Gone With The Wind (but without Vivian Leigh’s accent please.)
Pore
pronounced like pour or poor. The ‘e’ is silent.
Walla
pronounced wa-lla. Not wall-a.
Put it all together and you get : ta-ra-pour-wa-la
I hope that helps.
Please feel free to let me know how you thought it was pronounced or spelt.
* The title of this post comes from a riddle by C.J.Dennis:
How many O’s in Woolloomooloo?
Two for the W, two for the M
Four for the Ls and thats plenty of them.
(Woolloomoloo is a suburb of Sydney, Australia)
** Oh – and I have one vowel for every consonant (I always lump the double Ls together)
Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comment from Tara
Time November 30, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I got it right!
And you have my first name in your surname. Yayy