Here I am working in Southern Arnhem Land as a linguist... There ain't many places around like this one so I thought I'd share. Then maybe someone down south might know what it is that I actually do while I'm here!
Friday, September 07, 2007
djatam!
So the other day, I was dropping all the language mob home after we'd been at Ngukurr School teaching language for the afternoon, when 5 men in the back of the troopy, our Ritharrŋu and Wägilak teachers, very quickly raised their feet off the floor saying djatam! djatam!
4 Comments:
At 11:32 PM,
Emma said…
eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....
What is that thing??!!!
At 8:00 PM,
Local Whiteboy said…
It is a 'Don't-let-it-bite-you-on-the-arse' thing.
IT REALLY REALLY REALLY HURTS!
I couldn't sit down properly for days.
Mostly only a problem during the wet season, especially during heavy rains as they seek higher ground, meaning my bed.
Bastard animal.
At 4:37 PM,
Sophie said…
Gardiiii
At 7:16 PM,
aquabot said…
What's that bug...on the dry soil...!! You want to say that this is what it worth in the town...It really looks scary....
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