Re: Resurfacing from the void with a petty question
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 17:30:37 +1000
Paul, you're absolutely kidding - how on *earth* did you ever know about
Zoe Caldwell? This is `a story for another day' that I've gotta hear about
NOW! (:
> Now, WHAT the HECK's a "billobong"? (sp?) Confirm or deny that it has
> something to do with illicit drugs....
No, not at all (unless you take into account the fact that it's the name of
a famous surfing brand over here (: ). A Billabong is like a creek or a
little lake. I'm assuming you heard it in Waltzing Matilda (`Once a jolly
swagman camped by a billabong') And, as any good Aussie school kid (and
practically no one else) knows - to `waltz matilda' meant `to take someone
to jail'. It's a real shame these distinctly Australian words are beginning
to fade out under all the cools and awesomes and suchlike.
As always your Australian Translation Online Dictionary (:
Camille
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