More fodder for Gloranthan linguists...
Cheers,
Dave
> This misunderstanding and partial-misunderstanding of native
place names
> must be very common. My present home is in Canberra, the
national capital.
> The name (supposedly) means 'meeting place', an
appropriate name for the
> seat of our national Parliament. What it REALLY means
however, is 'the
> meeting place between the two breasts', an explanation that
makes perfect
> sense as you look north from the parliamentary triangle to see
the city
> nestled between Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie. For some
strange reason,
> this proper translation doesn't appear in the tourist books. :)
>
> Countless fun here for Gloranthan place names. I wonder what
'Prax" really
> means in the tongues of the animal riders?
>
> John
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