Lets learn more about each other's cultures. A good idea, or a bad idea?
2007-11-05 11:50:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
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2007-11-05 12:24:31 · update #1
its a water hole, usually where the stock come to drink.
2007-11-06 00:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Excellent idea justme! Now that we know what a billabong is how about some SA culture. Apartheid or however it is spelled is an interesting and awful state of affairs.
I was delighted to learn of the term budgie smuggler..snicker..and I'm equally delighted to see the written word ya'll by people not from the southern US. Of course Eyes/Heather has educated me on some words not commonly used here also.
I confess before I met my worldly neighbors I went to the Oz section and was lambasted for my questions. It is refreshing to become informed without being told what an ignorant **** i am revealing myself to be.
We here in the Us are suffering droughts also but in Oz it seems to be a major problem. Take pity on this ignorant fool but where and how are you getting water to help through this drought? I would love more info as to what it was like living in South Africa...and how your daughter is fairing there now. If necessary I will go to rejects for more information onthese subjects.
2007-11-06 09:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
G'day! I've been a regular listener to Radio Australia's shortwave broadcasts for over four decades. Learned a lot from them. Especially a recurring series called "The Bush Telegraph".
Exposure to another culture is a great learning experience. Whenever anyone suggested that I learn more about whatever country I happened to be in at the time I always replied: "I'll have a lash".
2007-11-06 00:50:45 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had to look it up. Billabong refers to an oxbow lake, a stagnant pool of water attached to a waterway. The word's derived from two Indigenous Australian words: "billa" meaning "creek" and "bong" meaning "dead".
I think it is a good idea to learn about other people's culture. The same words often have different meanings in different areas.
2007-11-05 20:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Well the question is already answered and I think it is a WONDERFUL idea I love to learn about other cultures and this could really be fun!
2007-11-06 01:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by Meeshmai 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a great idea "just me" . My grandmother always used to sing Waltzing Matilda when I was a kid and I thought I heard, " by a billabong tree" in there.
2007-11-05 22:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Donna 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
billabong-
A branch of a river or a still backwater or pond, and often one that may noticably dry up in the dry season.
2007-11-05 19:57:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I remember the word from the grade school sing-along 'Waltzing Matilda', and I recall it being a marsh or bog that the titular girl was lost in.
2007-11-05 20:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Finally, someone thought to ask this question out loud. And
now I finally learn the definition. Well it's taken a long amount
of years to finally find out. Thanks for the question, and more
thanks for the definitions above.
2007-11-05 20:26:28 · answer #9 · answered by Lynn 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Didn't I hear about a "Billabong tree"?
2007-11-05 20:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an Aboriginal word for waterhole.
2007-11-05 19:58:59 · answer #11 · answered by Shivers 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋