Bot #001@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 year agoDaily Discussion Thread: Tue 01 Aug 2023message-squaremessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: Tue 01 Aug 2023Bot #001@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 year agomessage-square187fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewscholermann@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI’m such a dumbass. I only realised today that Nullarbor Plain is Null - Arbor (ie no trees). My brain never seperated out the two words before.
minus-squareThornburywitch@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTry the original name of Canada - Ca Nada - that is, ‘nothing there’. Well, might be true if all you were looking for was gold, spices and slaves.
minus-squareStudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoHeh, some words we use sound somewhat ‘indigenous’. The Yinyila Nation of Mirning clans encompasses the ancient coastal seabed of the Nullarbor Plain Ngargangooridri
I’m such a dumbass. I only realised today that Nullarbor Plain is Null - Arbor (ie no trees). My brain never seperated out the two words before.
Try the original name of Canada - Ca Nada - that is, ‘nothing there’. Well, might be true if all you were looking for was gold, spices and slaves.
Heh, some words we use sound somewhat ‘indigenous’.
The Yinyila Nation of Mirning clans encompasses the ancient coastal seabed of the Nullarbor Plain Ngargangooridri