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From: gh@utai.UUCP (Graeme Hirst)
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Subject: Re: Call for Proper Noun Idioms
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 12:29:11 EST
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>>> 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?")

And in Australia, it's "Woop Woop" (the vowel is short) -- an imitation
aboriginal placename.
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