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I had to look up the word "kartiya" because I hadn't heard it before, being from the East Coast. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kartiya https://en.wiktionary.o
by nineteen999 4y ago
I had to look up the word "kartiya" because I hadn't heard it before, being from the East Coast.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kartiya https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kartiya
Which led me down the rabbit hole of the second quote, which is an interesting topic all on its own.
- defrost 4y agoIt was a lure to encourage the curious to look it up alright :-) Fun questions that might have prompted include: Given the number of lanuages [1] why would a Noongar person [2] from the South West of Western Australia use a word from the Western Desert Group? To be honest it's something he said in both English (in his work) and Noongar in response to the play | movie The Fringe Dwellers [3] and common usage of the phrase. Trouble is, like most oral language words, there's no consistent spelling with an internet search hit for the word he did use, however it's similar enough to what I used .. with a harder intial 'G' sound and more of a running hard "ddd" sound in the middle. My apologies for dragging you down a rabbit hole, I hope you enjoyed the adventure. [1] https://mgnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/map_col_highres.jpg https://mgnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/map_col_high... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(playwright) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(playwright) [3] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091081/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091081/
- nineteen999 4y agoPlease don't apologize, I will read when I have some free time. I'm not particularly learned about literature or plays, even less so regarding those of Australian origin, and less so again when the playright in question is of a native background. But I do like to absorb information about the history of the country I live in, so thank you for the links.