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you can call me that if you like Thanks--I just thought it sounded friendly. And anybody from Tasmania gets an automatic yea/yay from me! paulb's a Lancastrian, himself. Must be a nice place to move to.
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I know it well; have sung it many times. Well, the alto part in the chorus.
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Welcome, Pookaroonie! I'm enjoying your posts.
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Yeah, they are great, aren't they? But... Pookaroonie?! [raised eyebrow e] ![](/board/images/graemlins/default/wink.gif)
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Or Launcestonian. I live about 65km (40 miles) from there. Interesting how people in whatever forum I join just can't seem to resist creating cutesie diminutives from my name! ![](/board/images/graemlins/default/cool.gif) ...and interesting how the word 'diminutive' refers to making something bigger, isn't it? That is, adding a suffix or prefix (or both) in order to show affection or familiarity. I wonder if this qualifies as one of those words with antonynomous usages discussed in that other thread? ![](/board/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) Nobody ever guesses where my handle comes from either. But it's interesting hearing the conjectures as to its etymology. This is my 25th post, do I get an award or something?
Last edited by The Pook; 02/22/08 12:44 AM.
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Nobody ever guesses where my handle comes from Kipling?
Your designation changes at 25 posts. Woo.
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Yep, I'm now a newbie (blows toy trumpet to celebrate). No it's nothing so grand as a literary allusion.
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Nobody ever guesses where my handle comes from either. you're a non-aspiring ghost?
formerly known as etaoin...
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Interesting how people in whatever forum I join just can't seem to resist creating cutesie diminutives from my name! ![](/board/images/graemlins/default/cool.gif) Must have heard Pookita by now but have any from Japan called you Pook-chan? [Hoping to have guessed right about being a girlie.]
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