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Originally Posted by Macalaure
It's not whether a name means something or not, I think, but how it feels and how it fits into the sound of the language surrounding it.
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True, but maybe a meaningless sound-name would have been better? Historically, names have very often been adapted to the form of the new language, without worrying about the meaning.
Now, as regards bunyips: don't laugh– many of us half-believe in them.
A friend of mine was camping in a remote part of Tasmania. In the night she heard a horrible snarling outside (actually a Tasmanian devil), and she panicked: "Help! They told me bunyips weren't real!"
Actually, you
can laugh.
