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Dave, Melbourne,Australia · 06-09-2015, 05:36 PM

JohnFowles,

Thanks for your comprehensive and well-researched post. I missed Char's photo in post #8, because it came up on my computer as a little blue square with a question mark and I assumed it was another of the compatibility problems we've had since changing to Apple Mac. I have since managed to get further into post #8 and view the photo. Thanks, Char!

Aussies have always pronounced the mountain Koz-ee-OS-ko. I can't guarantee it's faithful to the Polish original. The American pronunciation you mentioned is one I hadn't heard before.

The history behind the naming of the mountain is mentioned on the sign in my photo. It was easy to read in the original email (from Brisbane woman Jenn who I met at the summit), but on the smaller version in your Dropbox post, I can't quite make it out. On the internet, I found pictures of Poland's original Kosciuszko object and Australia's mountaintop and they definitely have the same shape.

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Dave, Melbourne,Australia Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 558	Re: Just climbed Australia's highest mountain JohnFowles, Thanks for your comprehensive and well-researched post. I missed Char's photo in post #8, because it came up on my computer as a little blue square with a question mark and I assumed it was another of the compatibility problems we've had since changing to Apple Mac. I have since managed to get further into post #8 and view the photo. Thanks, Char! Aussies have always pronounced the mountain Koz-ee-OS-ko. I can't guarantee it's faithful to the Polish original. The American pronunciation you mentioned is one I hadn't heard before. The history behind the naming of the mountain is mentioned on the sign in my photo. It was easy to read in the original email (from Brisbane woman Jenn who I met at the summit), but on the smaller version in your Dropbox post, I can't quite make it out. On the internet, I found pictures of Poland's original Kosciuszko object and Australia's mountaintop and they definitely have the same shape. Last edited by Dave, Melbourne,Australia; 06-11-2015 at 05:01 AM.