dear fellow Australians of tumblr:
did anyone else grow up referring to large hairy spiders as triantewobagongs, or is that just something my family does?
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luthienebonyx reblogged this from undun-duz and added: So try, tri-anti-wonti, triantiwontigongolope!
undun-duz reblogged this from fozmeadows and added:
My great granny called the ‘triantelopes’, and reportedly couldn’t stand it when people squashed them because she could...
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oh, I remember the Triantiwontigongolope
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fozmeadows reblogged this from thewimminpamphlet and added:
Ah yes, that’ll be it! A malapropism from CJ Dennis :)
thewimminpamphlet reblogged this from fozmeadows and added:
No, but I feel it must be related to the TRIANTIWONTIGONGOLOPE of CJ Lewis’s poem, surely? @fozmeadows...
stuffont reblogged this from fozmeadows and added:
Nope. C.J. Dennis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Dennis
jackironsides reblogged this from fozmeadows and added: Wasn’t a thing in my house, but I kinda wish it was?
prussanic-miscellanea answered: I have never, ever heard that term BUT I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC.
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wojit answered: Nooope definitely not in my fam
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Never heard of it!
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carrionlaughing answered: definitely wasn’t something in my family (in melbourne). i feel i missed out.