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I've heard that it was because originally, humans and other primates liked big butts. When humans became bipedal and made the shift to front sex, the originally flat breasts became rounder to resemble buttocks to make up for it. If that sounds stupid, I should point out that I don't remember exactl...

vlad wrote: Kangaroo does come from Guugu Yimidhirr, but koala, wallaby, and boomerang, as well as dingo and wombat, are all from Dharuk (Sydney area).

Yep, sorry...my mistake.

Where exactly in Australia is the traditional homeland of the Dyirbal speakers? Does anyone here know? There's actually a big grammar book of Dyirbal at my university library, and I kind of remember that it's around the Cairns area up in far north Queensland. But I might be wrong. Also, as far as I ...

I think Mark also knows abit of Mandarin because I remember reading a thread about Chinese posted by Ran where Mark was saying something about how he was learning Chinese using a taped-book course and he found the voice of the girl in the tape really cute. :) Anyway, those might not be his exact wor...

Could someone explain to me what are pulmonic consonants? Are they the ones where the sounds are released by inhaling the air, rather than exhaling?

hmm......I wonder where Joe User is now