Thoughts on Australia

Island, country, continent?
Was it a land that was content
to be British colonies?
And what about the wallabies?
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Dietrich Avatar
March 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
So cute how you ended it with the fun wallabies near rhyme. By the way, do you know the origin of the word kangaroo? The colonists wanted to know what animal they were seeing and they asked the natives " what is that?". I hope I am getting the story right. Anyway, the aborigines replied "kangaroo" but they were actually saying "what are you asking?". I heard this on a test I gave to my ESL students. It was a listening test and they had to answer questions about the kangaroo story.
Crandall Avatar
March 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Haha, that's pretty funny!
Dietrich Avatar
March 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Just some crazy trivia for ya
Etgen-Baker Avatar
March 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
hmmm...made me think :-)
Crandall Avatar
March 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
haha, yep!
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