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[–] prongs@lemm.ee 45 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Where I live, you have boring reused English place names like Brighton and Canterbury, and then much more distinguishable and interesting place names from the indigenous peoples like Dandenong and Bullengarook. When you learn the interpreted history of the name, I really appreciate the name more. Dandenong is thought to have come from Tanjenong, which means "lofty mountains."

Then there are some bastardisations - what is now known as Toorak is from the word Turrak, which means "reedy grass"

Indigenous culture here is so willfully ignored and diminished by so many people. I think it's really cool that we do have some ongoing reference to the oldest continuous culture in the world, even if it only comes up in meme culture as a funny haha :)

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] prongs@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

The Aboriginal culture of Australia.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't understand who people they're dunking on when they mock distinctive indigenous words.

Ballaarat means meeting place. Djilang / Geelong means tongue of land as in the edge of the bay. Wirribi / Werribee means spine, as in the river being the spine of the land. Garidwerd means mountain range created by Bunjil. Wahroonga means home.

Even Humpybong comes from ngumpin bong, meaning empty houses in Ninghi Ninghi referring to the failed colonial penal colony that the settlers abandoned.

All these words have true meanings that connect to the land and our history.

[–] ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There are no lofty mountains in Dandenong

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

You need to ask the right people at the market.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can tell it's not Welsh because the names are way too short and pronounceable.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

I love the little bounce after he gets it right, you can tell he was putting his all into that pronunciation. 🤣

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 13 points 4 days ago

With that song you need to link a version with lyrics, because the place names need to be seen to be believed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20oqyMVbss0

[–] rosco385@lemm.ee 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I went to kindergarten at Humpybong.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes my bong makes me feel humpy ngl

[–] rosco385@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

My only memory of Humpybong kindergarten is there was a girl who'd let me look at her bits under the table, as long as I let her look at mine. So, yeah, pretty humpy...

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

I hear Didjabringabeeralong is wonderful in the springtime.