tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post113720621465885760..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Eight Words Other Than 'Failure' That Rhyme With AustraliaTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-19234616640302499462011-07-09T16:52:47.907+10:002011-07-09T16:52:47.907+10:00umm Paraphenalia? or even better genetalia.. hahaumm Paraphenalia? or even better genetalia.. hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-67558398625920342842008-06-08T11:18:00.000+10:002008-06-08T11:18:00.000+10:00Erm, sorry to dig this one up from years ago, but ...Erm, sorry to dig this one up from years ago, but I couldn't let the fact go that you've missed derailleur from your list!<BR/><BR/>You know, the thing that changes the gears on your push bike!Huddohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912125997864691470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137311572189457122006-01-15T18:52:00.000+11:002006-01-15T18:52:00.000+11:00Ah - yes! Good one! Also Glossolalia, and undoubte...Ah - yes! Good one! Also Glossolalia, and undoubtedly a number of other 'Lalia's' as well. <BR/><BR/>Including this one - <A HREF="http://lailaonobookstorediva.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Laila Ono, Bookstore Diva!</A>TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137309728726875392006-01-15T18:22:00.000+11:002006-01-15T18:22:00.000+11:00Echolalia.Echolalia.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214960168604427501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137279689890037702006-01-15T10:01:00.000+11:002006-01-15T10:01:00.000+11:00Will you vote for me? Only if you quit chewing on ...<I>Will you vote for me?</I><BR/><BR/> Only if you quit chewing on my slippers and don't chew your fleas when I have guests round. <BR/><BR/> Raschuache, we may have to disagree on that one. <BR/> That poem by Barron Field is interesting, btw, in that it is one of the earliest - probably the earliest - example of the Aussie 'cultural cringe'. If you study Australian poetry at all, one of the themes that keep on cropping up is the love/hate relationship that people have with the country. It's a bit of a dumb idea, really, because there's lots of other strands in Australian poetry. I happen to think that the BEST Australian poetry is not even consciously 'Australian' - check out some A.D. Hope. <BR/><BR/> Barron Field's an interesting guy, as well - he was a friend of Charles Lamb, and he was one of the first people ever to make an attempt at notating Aboriginal music. (There was only one other attempt made at the same period, a dreadful drawing-room ballad called 'La Corroboree', written by some French guy.)<BR/><BR/> Thanks for that, Aunty Marianne. Here in Melbourne, the weather's actually quite cool compared to the rest of Australia, and that suits me fine (for instance, it's the height of summer at the moment, and there are grey clouds overhead, and there's a cool breeze wafting through the house)! <BR/><BR/> Tim, Norman Mailer has been added to the list. 'Failure' doesn't rhyme properly with Australia, anyway!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137241230786096832006-01-14T23:20:00.000+11:002006-01-14T23:20:00.000+11:00You left "Norman Mailer" off your list. It's not a...You left "Norman Mailer" off your list. It's not an exact rhyme, but I'm sure you could work it it somewhere.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137230992969697572006-01-14T20:29:00.000+11:002006-01-14T20:29:00.000+11:00Much more positive. You're a fantastic country, mu...Much more positive. You're a fantastic country, much more interesting than say, Belgium, starting with the weather and working on up. And the kangaroo fascinates those of us not used to marsupial locomotion. I can't wait to visit, as soon as I have enough moolaah for the ticket and a month to spare!<BR/><BR/>So no, not a failure. You want to see a failed country? Think Zimbabwe.The Aunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529168814096715981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137226179217628922006-01-14T19:09:00.000+11:002006-01-14T19:09:00.000+11:00No it is not betterAustralia is a Failure at the m...No it is not better<BR/><BR/>Australia is a Failure at the moment<BR/><BR/>I'm getting political, i'll leave it thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1137206766722185072006-01-14T13:46:00.000+11:002006-01-14T13:46:00.000+11:00Nice blog name. Will you vote for me? http://dai...Nice blog name. Will you vote for me? http://dailypuppy.comCairo The Boxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945035020529192038noreply@blogger.com