Stone the crows, mate! Today’s bonzer theme from ConWorkShop is things found in Australia. It’s fair dinkum, so won’t you come waltzing Matilda with me as we look for a billabong of words. Now there are a good many things found in Australia, many of which can also be found elsewhere, as any Bruce or Sheila can tell you. Apparently one peculiarly Australian word is pome, meaning ‘person from the UK’. I’m told pome is an abbreviation of pommie bastard. So there’s my Rireinutire word for the day then. She’ll be jake.
Auso’raria-sañera mete kaki iopu miti vuikave· saki ñeki tamu yunata netekave:
Auso’raria-island-INE many which.REL unique animal.NOM live-PRS–HSY | that.NOM each 2S–ACC kill-INF want-PRS–HSY ||
Australia is home to many unique animals, all of which want to kill you.
tisayuvu /ˈtisɑˌjuvu/ n. IN (bot.) pome
Flowering Fields 