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From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Call for Proper Noun Idioms
Message-ID: <1036@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 23:58:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 23:58:00 1986
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Reply-To: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: Podunk, West Yechupetz, Ballygobackwards, and now...

>> The Yiddish version of "Podunk" is "West Yechupetz".
>  And the Irish version is Ballygobackwards...

And the New Zealand version is "Waikikamukau".
(Looks like hundreds of real Maori names, but sounds like "Why kick a moo cow?")

Mark Brader
Not made in NZ, but sure enjoyed visiting...