On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 04:18:09 -0400, Levi Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Mon Sep 23 9:39 +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > How about `slingshot', or for a bit of Aussie slang as a change (from the
> > canonical French), `ging'?
> >
> > If you like Aussie words, `woomera' would be good. That's a wooden
> > combination stick/cradle thingy with a hook at one end used as a
> > turbocharger for spears.
>
> What about Woolloomooloo? :o)
I used to live in a country town in central NSW called Coonamble. Roughly
translated from the Aboriginal dialect of the area, it means 'bullshit'. It's
funny to see the looks on people's faces when I say, "I used to live in
bullshit" :)
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
"And in the end, reality always tends to hit
theory hard in the face when you least expect it."
-- Linus Torvalds
