How would you pronounce it?
Cano wind ra?
Ca nawn dra
It is the last place I would have expected to find Halloween. And yet, here it was at the Cobwebs and Curios store.
But it did not stop there - across the street was this gal.
Monday, January 8, 2024
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Halloween calls you wherever you are!
ReplyDeleteYou can't take the woman out of the haunt but you can't take the haunt out of the woman. I was so pleased to get a little Halloween this year as I did not expect it.
DeleteThey should get one of those sister-city arrangements with Manitou Springs. Maybe exchange skeleton ambassadors or something.
ReplyDeleteThe creature with the green feathers and zebra cap doesn't look like a traditional Halloween figure -- something derived from the Aborigine culture, perhaps?
I'd bet a lot of place-name pronunciations in Australia are kind of weird. With most of them, the early settlers probably heard a name in the local Aborigine language, and imitated the pronunciation as best they could, and wrote it down roughly how they thought it sounded. With both spelling and pronunciation, it would be difficult to get it consistent since those languages are hugely different from English.
Yes exactly - many place names are mangled aboriginal names. It would make a great sister city.
DeleteHow are you going to split your time next Halloween?
ReplyDeleteHee hee - I think I will stay put as one of my New Year Resolutions is not to leave the state.
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