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[-] prongs@lemm.ee 45 points 6 days ago

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 :)

[-] ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

There are no lofty mountains in Dandenong

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

You need to ask the right people at the market.

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