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Thread #36002   Message #495355
Posted By: Bob Bolton
30-Jun-01 - 09:33 AM
Thread Name: Waltzing Mathilda Aussie Slang Words
Subject: RE: Help: Waltzing Mathilda Aussie Slang Words
Errrr... G'day again,

OK: bœuf bouilli ... they put that diphthong in an odd place.

BTW: Coolibah covers a few different eucalypts, but the typical one eucalyptus microtheca, is "occurs in seasonally flooded areas" ... just the country where you find billabongs of the first type described by IanC.

Regards,

Bob Bolton