A list of 89 words by bilby.
- Fromelleswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- fuzzy wuzzy angelwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- armisticewas added by bilby and appears on 50 lists
- solemnwas added by bilby and appears on 72 lists
- anzac daywas added by kewpid and appears on just this list
- baptism of firewas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- the one day of the yearwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- crown and anchorwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- collingwood vs essendonwas added by plethora and appears on just this list
- for the fallenwas added by plethora and appears on just this list
- ode of remembrancewas added by plethora and appears on just this list
- fallen comradeswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- sniper firewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- trencheswas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- turkswas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- anzac covewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- beershebawas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- furphywas added by frindley and appears on 24 lists
- lone piperwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- flowers of the forestwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- half mastwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- sprig of rosemarywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- lone chargerwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- slouch hatwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- tomb of the unknown australian soldierwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- pozières battlefieldwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- flanders poppywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- period of silencewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- odewas added by bilby and appears on 48 lists
- they shall grow not oldwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- as we that are left grow oldwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- age shall not weary themwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- nor the years condemnwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- at the going down of the sunwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- and in the morningwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- we will remember themwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- gun carriagewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- the last postwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- freedom and peacewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- memorialwas added by bilby and appears on 24 lists
- wreathwas added by bilby and appears on 37 lists
- fuzzy wuzzywas added by kewpid and appears on 10 lists
- lest we forgetwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- rslwas added by kewpid and appears on just this list
- anzac biscuitwas added by kewpid and appears on 2 lists
- reveillewas added by bilby and appears on 26 lists
- vung tau ferrywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- two-upwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- villers-bretonneuxwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- sunda straitwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- communicators branchwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- wranwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- contingentwas added by bilby and appears on 106 lists
- korean warwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- adelaide riverwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- pacific theatrewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- frontwas added by bilby and appears on 45 lists
- inconnuwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- the sommewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- pipes and drumswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- lancaster squadronwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- raafwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- suez canalwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- paradewas added by bilby and appears on 36 lists
- commandwas added by bilby and appears on 43 lists
- pathfinder forcewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- old and boldwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- australian land armywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- flagwas added by bilby and appears on 69 lists
- legacywas added by bilby and appears on 59 lists
- sinaiwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- tarakanwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- bombing of darwinwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- bataanwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- tobrukwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- the neckwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- charge of the light brigadewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- medalwas added by bilby and appears on 14 lists
- tin hatwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- simpson and his donkeywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- diggerwas added by bilby and appears on 16 lists
- the dardanelleswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- gallipoliwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- anzacwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- servicewomenwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- servicemenwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- kokodawas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- dawn servicewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- cenotaphwas added by bilby and appears on 89 lists
bilby commented on the list anzac-day
Thanks kewp :-) Fuzzy wuzzy's a great term, captures some of that odd sense of whimsy that accompanies adversity.
April 25, 2008
plethora commented on the list anzac-day
:( This list makes me sad. I didn't make it to our town's march this morning, which I regret, of course.
April 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the list anzac-day
I don't want to say Happy Anzac Day because it isn't, but...we'll keep you in mind on the other side of the globe. :-) Great list, kewpid.
April 25, 2008
bilby commented on the list anzac-day
It can be a happy day. I see a lot of the diggers enjoying themselves more than usual on this day because they feel really special. Certainly a dawn service can be very sombre, it's like a mass funeral. After that things lighten up.
April 25, 2008
plethora commented on the list anzac-day
The best part is the two-up. And the ANZAC biscuits.
April 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the list anzac-day
Oh, that's true. I suppose it's similar to the American Memorial Day, then.
April 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list anzac-day
Bilby, would the one day of the year make it to your list? Or baptism of fire? I heard those a lot when I was living in Australia. I did a project that involved interviewing a lot of Australian war veterans. Maybe these words are not used as much anymore.
April 25, 2008
bilby commented on the list anzac-day
Both added c_b. I only excluded most of Wordie (apologies) from this list because I figured most wouldn't have useful contributions. Though I expected you might :-) I remember reading 'The One Day Of The Year' in high school and have seen this book around a lot so it's in. Baptism of fire is interesting in that I always assumed the phrase was in use more widely in English-speaking countries. It's not. Another well-spotted term, many thanks.
April 26, 2008
kewpid commented on the list anzac-day
It's bilby's list reesetee :)
April 27, 2008
brookdale_chick commented on the list anzac-day
I LOVE ANZAC DAY...
IT IS SOO WARM AND FUZZY...
but has a solomn sadness that wraps oneself in and entangles them with the vines of our youth and the momories of the fallen...
SORRY!
ME GOING KRAZY AGAIN.....
July 28, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list anzac-day
Fuzzy wuzzy angel??? Since when do we hear that on Anzac day? Have I missed something?
July 27, 2009
bilby commented on the list anzac-day
Often comes up in relation to New Guinea campaign, Kokoda Track and so on, which feature prominently in Anzac Day discourse.
Edit: Now that I look at it, fuzzy wuzzy was originally listed here by kewpid.
July 27, 2009
hernesheir commented on the list anzac-day
Eric Bogle sings his very moving song The Band Played Waltzing Matilda honoring the ANZAC who fought and died at Gallipoli in this excellent YouTube photomontage. Well worth the viewing.
October 9, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the list anzac-day
Why adelaide river?
April 25, 2012
bilby commented on the list anzac-day
The Japanese battle group that attacked Pearl Harbor attacked Darwin, Australia, a few months later. Many of the servicepeople who died in that battle are buried at Adelaide River, site of the largest war cemetery in Australia's north. Traditionally there is a significant Anzac Day ceremony at Adelaide River. Note that this tiny township of Adelaide River has nothing to do with the city of Adelaide a zillion kilometres south.
April 25, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the list anzac-day
I wondered--I have a friend who used to live in Adelaide, but I've only ever heard her talk about the Murray River. (And Tim Tams. She's forever talking about Tim Tams.)
Thanks!
April 25, 2012