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Warks
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:55 pm
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How about Goonoo Goonoo near Tamworth? There's a main road by that name in town too.
Guess how it's pronounced???
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42101
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:57 pm
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Elong Elong out north of Dubbo.
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Bills_Billboards
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:03 pm
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Wallan Wallan (vic)
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Toad Montgomery
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Location: Port Hedland. Team Emu wants YOU!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:52 pm
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Tabba Tabba Creek.
Tabba Tabba well.
Tabba Tabba Mine.
Beabea creek, and roadside stop.
Waru Waru hill, near Abydos Siding.
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:49 pm
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Panda bears from Chinese zoos often have double names like Ling Ling.
Double names (or whatever you call them) are often given affectionately to members of the gentler gender.
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simonl
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:49 pm
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In case anyone is interested, I heard on the TV that the meaning of "Wagga" is crow, and "Wagga Wagga" means many crows. Presumably the other double names mean many of something also.
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TheLoadedDog
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:36 pm
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Yep. It's generally accepted as a plural formation.
BTW, somebody upthread mentioned Cullen Bullen. Just to point out that the two parts of that name DO NOT rhyme.
Cullen is pronounced with a short 'u', and Bullen is pronounced with a long one. Just think "Cull" and "Bull", and you'll be right.
It is an old Aboriginal name meaning "Place of extra fingers".
Humphrey! We're leaving!
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:54 pm
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| TheLoadedDog™ wrote: | Yep. It's generally accepted as a plural formation.
BTW, somebody upthread mentioned Cullen Bullen. Just to point out that the two parts of that name DO NOT rhyme.
Cullen is pronounced with a short 'u', and Bullen is pronounced with a long one. Just think "Cull" and "Bull", and you'll be right.
It is an old Aboriginal name meaning "Place of extra fingers". |
Zig Zag is not quite a double name.
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BrianB
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:00 pm
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| Warks wrote: | How about Goonoo Goonoo near Tamworth? There's a main road by that name in town too.
Guess how it's pronounced??? |
Like ' gunny gunoo'
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:18 pm
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Rt Hon Sir John Winston Howard Spencer Churchill, KCMG, KRVO, MP & Bar (PM 1940-1945, 1952-1956) said:
"Better Jaw Jaw than War War".
Very simple words are distinguished from background noise by repetition of the key sound. Repetion also makes the word sound deliberate rather than an accident occuring by chance and thus meaningless.
Baby
Mama
Dada
DinDin ( in lieu of Dinner)
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marvin
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2001
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:56 am
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| awsgc24 wrote: | | 2001 wrote: | Keeping with the 'double' theme - but veering away from the rails - there is a noted medical doctor living in Adelaide whose christian and surname are the same.
His name is ... David David. |
And what is his middle name or initial? |
By coincidence I heard a short discussion about this fellow on the radio this morning. His middle name is Dwayne
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Member Falls Creek 2018 Olympics Committee.
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:33 pm
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To make this thread easier to seach for, it should help to include a oneword descriptor such as DoubleName.
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:37 pm
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MicroSoft Word doesn't like double or repeated words.
That is OK if you write say "it it is" because that is an error.
But MSW treats "Wagga Wagga" as an error too.
About the only workarounds is to write "WaggaWagga" or "Wagga_Wagga" combining the two words into oneword.
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Expost
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