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  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    ( I am so tempted to offer "*Shagging a mattress".)

    [interesting aside: Waltzing Matilda is an Australian folk song, written by the poet A.B. (Banjo) Paterson in the 19th century. A well-loved and prolific poet, 'Waltzing Matilda' is arguably Paterson's most famous work - its only competition being 'The Man From Snowy River'.

    Growing up, just about every Australian schoolchild learns one version or other of this song - it is more widely known than the Australian national anthem. At first glance it seems to be a song about a swagman (unemployed man) who steals a sheep and jumps into the nearby billabong to avoid imprisonment when confronted by the law. This meaning is backed up by the definitions of the words within the song: swag (a rolled up blanket), billy (a tea-kettle) and jumbuck (sheep). Yet it seems that *this interpretation is not exactly what Patterson had in mind.

    'Waltzing' is actually derived from a German phrase, deer-waltz, meaning 'to travel while learning a trade'. 'Matilda' is a name of Teutonic origins, meaning 'mighty battle maiden'; it is a name applied to the women who travelled with soldiers during the Thirty Years war and took on the colloquial meaning of 'to be kept warm at night'. So it can be surmised that 'Waltzing Matilda' is really Paterson's attempt at expressing the 'Australian identity' of his age - the familiar figure of a travelling tradesmen carrying his only wordly belongings wrapped up in a blanket on his back. It's an identity that still resonates with the Australians of today.

    So instead, I'll go with -

    Folk Song

    FosdickKundo
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran

    simple folk

  • for folk sake

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Sake

  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    Japan

  • Samurai

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Geisha

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Escort

  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    Ford

  • Econoline

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Bedford

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran

    River

  • Rio

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran
    edited December 2018

    Duran Duran

    BunksKundo
  • Grande

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran
  • Seizure

  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
  • Liability

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Eliminate

  • FosdickFosdick in its eye are mirrored far off mountains Alaska, USA Veteran

    Dump

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Tea (as in Humpty Dumpty )

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @Shoshin, we don't need that kind of pun-ishment...!

    Break (as in Tea...)

    personnakazcid
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    Dance

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Dakini (Skydancer)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Thrill seeker

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran
    edited December 2018

    .

  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran

    quidditch seeker

  • FosdickFosdick in its eye are mirrored far off mountains Alaska, USA Veteran

    Snitch

  • Golden

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran

    Rule

  • Lure

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran

    fairy

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Gnome

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran

    Garden

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Eden

  • nakazcidnakazcid Somewhere in Dixie, y'all Veteran

    East

  • Seat

  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran

    hot

  • calcetinescalcetines scandinavia Explorer

    lava

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Lavalava

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Polynesia.

    (And yes, I DID have to look it up...)

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Micronesia

  • Islands

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Tropical

  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    Cyclone

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Cyclops

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