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To: | "Nick" <> |
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Subject: | Re: birding-aus Rainbow lorikeets in pine trees |
From: | John Leonard <> |
Date: | Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:12:40 +1000 |
At 08:27 AM 24/8/99 +1000, you wrote: >To everyone else out there, on the previous thread of aboriginal names for >birds, I have been seeing quite a few Gang Gangs around here. Does this name >have an aboriginal origin? It sounds like it anyway > Yes, it's Wiradjuri (western slopes, Lachlan and Murumbidgee valleys); original either Gang-gang, or Ngang-Ngang, and onomatopoeic. See Dixon et al, Aboriginal Words in English (OUP) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ John Leonard (Dr), PO Box 243, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia http://www.spirit.net.au/~jleonard ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus" in the message body (without the quotes) |
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