Comments on: Sydney place names http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/ a linguist without a language Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Endangered Languages and Cultures » Blog Archive » Vectors, aboriginal kitsch and isoglosses http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/comment-page-1/#comment-187011 Endangered Languages and Cultures » Blog Archive » Vectors, aboriginal kitsch and isoglosses Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:20:17 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/#comment-187011 [...] at Hosstuff recently put up a google earth file listing several Aboriginal place names around Sydney. Excellent stuff! And a little commentary on the whole darling harbour east development thrown in [...] [...] at Hosstuff recently put up a google earth file listing several Aboriginal place names around Sydney. Excellent stuff! And a little commentary on the whole darling harbour east development thrown in [...]

]]> By: Mark Ellison http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 Mark Ellison Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:16:05 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/#comment-3292 Appropos what Claire (above) says. Fred Nile is reputed to have said: ‘Sydney is already Sodom, let there be no Gomorrah’. Perhaps his comment was purely toponymological and directed at the local name-giving authorities. Just as well he wasn’t against the eventually accepted name: ‘Sydney is already Sodom, let there be no Barangaroo’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. <i>(Comment imported from aidhoss.wordpress.com - J)</i> Appropos what Claire (above) says. Fred Nile is reputed to have said: ‘Sydney is already Sodom, let there be no Gomorrah’. Perhaps his comment was purely toponymological and directed at the local name-giving authorities. Just as well he wasn’t against the eventually accepted name: ‘Sydney is already Sodom, let there be no Barangaroo’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

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]]> By: Lahan Wagiman « matjjin-nehen http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Lahan Wagiman « matjjin-nehen Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:32:38 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/#comment-16 [...] is of course, not the first time I’ve used Google Earth for linguistic purposes. Almost a year ago I collated all the public information¹ that I could that related to place names in the [...] [...] is of course, not the first time I’ve used Google Earth for linguistic purposes. Almost a year ago I collated all the public information¹ that I could that related to place names in the [...]

]]> By: Claire http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Claire Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:31:32 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2006/11/06/sydney-place-names/#comment-15 Well, something that's homophonous with Gomorrah probably isn't the most appropriate... Well, something that’s homophonous with Gomorrah probably isn’t the most appropriate…

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