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When you throw the Irish boomerang away, it doesn't come back, but sings about coming back.
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over a year ago
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Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
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The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798. |
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798."
Thanks Jennie, was starting to worry then x |
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
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No doubt the experts will be along to tell all.
My notion is that the word has its origins in the native language of the indigenous people who used this tool in their daily lives.
Am I in a parallel universe or did I just post something remotely sensible.
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798."
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
No doubt the experts will be along to tell all.
My notion is that the word has its origins in the native language of the indigenous people who used this tool in their daily lives.
Am I in a parallel universe or did I just post something remotely sensible.
Wonders will never cease "
Thank you, you're a good egg, that's really helpful x |
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798.
Thanks Jennie, was starting to worry then x"
Wikipedia cut n paste.
I don't actually know very much at all!
I was going to make up some bollocks about French pastry chefs inventing it to get cakes out of the oven and calling it a 'beau meringue' |
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"Why is it called a 'boomerang' though?
How did it get it's name...Did someone suddenly have an epiphany of; 'I shall maketh this device and herbyeth call it boomerang' and just like that we have the boomerang..
The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798.
Thanks Jennie, was starting to worry then x
Wikipedia cut n paste.
I don't actually know very much at all!
I was going to make up some bollocks about French pastry chefs inventing it to get cakes out of the oven and calling it a 'beau meringue'"
I'd of believed it tbf |
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"Discuss, Scottish boomerangs are the same. "
Its easier to romanticise about where you came from, when you have no intentions of returning to it I'd say. |
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