25 April 2005

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Well, when is some enterprising Australian card company going to come up with a line of cards to commemorate ANZAC Day?

"Wishing you a very respectfully subdued ANZAC Day."
"May all your wreaths be laid."

I don't know. Let some expert think of the appropriate wordage.

Or is it Anzac Day these days, as appears so frequently on calendars and titles of TV series, mini?

I'm confused. I still like to write ANZAC. It seems more noble than reducing it to just another word. Maldicion is just a word. ANZAC is supposed to mean something.

5 comments:

Quirkie said...

HB write: "Maldicion is just a word."

Yeah, well I don't believe you. I think you made it up. I don't know what it means. I've only ever seen it written on your blog (and possibly Crustacean's, tho don't quote me).

I think I looked it up once and couldn't find it.

And another thing: "ANZAC is supposed to mean somethig." teehee.

Quirkie said...

No disrespect intended. Indeed, I was down at Galati's in Freo, sitting in the car with the kids while Bill was inside buying arancinis, when the radio dragged out "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and I had to keep swallowing and breathing through my mouth so I wouldn't start (openly) blubbering and the kids wouldn't think I'd lost it completely.

Anonymous said...

no entries found for maldicion on dictionary.com (Maldivian, on the other hand "pertains to the Maldives" (see "Maldives"))

Quirkie said...

Ha! I knew it. A complete hazelism.

Quirkie said...

Or would that be a Bexism?