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neilmarr · 02-19-2011, 05:23 AM

Don Doherty in the Queensland deluge zone tells etymologist Michael Quinion's World Wide Words today: The front page of the Morning Bulletin of Rockhampton carried the headline "30,000 pigs swept away in flood". Next day, was a correction: "What Baralaba piggery-owner Sid Everingham actually said was '30 sows and pigs', not '30,000 pigs'." Takes an Aussie to raise a smile even at the worst of times, eh? Neil

02-19-2011, 05:23 AM	#26
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Don Doherty in the Queensland deluge zone tells etymologist Michael Quinion's World Wide Words today: The front page of the Morning Bulletin of Rockhampton carried the headline "30,000 pigs swept away in flood". Next day, was a correction: "What Baralaba piggery-owner Sid Everingham actually said was '30 sows and pigs', not '30,000 pigs'." Takes an Aussie to raise a smile even at the worst of times, eh? Neil