#The song is Waltzing Matilda :)

[skopostheorie]

I found this while packing up and I can't justify keeping it but it's really cute so I want to show you all

[haveyouheardthisfolksong]

Submission Note: The lyrics of this song are by Banjo Patterson, but the origins of the tune are unknown.

[xxsmoko-n-mirrorsxx]

Diana didn’t answer for a bit

“I- uh keep heading w-west”

James kept holding his tangible form, even the now, he left footsteps in the snow, albeit lighter ones, as they headed due west. He whispered a song to her, trying to keep her comforted.

"Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong Up jumped the swag-man and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me" Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he shoved that jumpbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me

Down came the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred Up came the troopers one, two, three Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me"

[b-blushes]

autism moment but it must feel sooooo good to be a fluent pianist and play a piece over and over again…. it’s good enough playing the same duolingo 45 second or however long ‘song’ over and over 10 times in a row I can only imagine how nice a full song on an actual piano feels….

[calandrinon]

ok there was a poll about national anthems and I have what I think is one of my best ideas yet, thanks to Aotearoa for the inspiration.

For those who don't know, the national anthem of Aotearoa has a verse in te reo Māori and a verse in English, which is an excellent idea for a titchy little country with one unified indigenous language but is not so easy in a vast expanse where there are thousands.

So do we all know I Am Australian by the Seekers?

It's been proposed with varying degrees of seriousness as an alternative national anthem, but my proposal goes one step further (ok, many steps):

I suggest that the Australian national anthem should be the chorus to I Am Australian, in English and in every available indigenous Australian language.

"but cal that would make the anthem 1000 minutes long" yes but obviously we wouldn't sing every verse every time! In practice the version of the anthem sung would include those languages that are appropriate. So everyone would get to learn the anthem in the language of the Aboriginal nation where they live, and at events in that nation you might sing the anthem in English (usually) and in that language. If you move to a different area you learn the anthem in the language of that area. If you are not great with languages that's fine, as long as you have a go, and if all you can do is belt out "I am you are we are Australian" at the right time and on roughly the right notes then at least you have the right spirit.

Here's how it might work:

If you're at a sporting event where the anthem is sung, like the Anzac Day match at the MCG, they'd sing the anthem in English and the Woiwurrung language (covers both teams and the ground itself).

If the world turned even more upside down and Freo played GWS in the grand final, you might hear English (native language of most players and the competition), Woiwurrung (the holy MCG), Nyoongar (Fremantle) and Dharug (GWS).

In practice there should be a cap on the number of verses because otherwise someone would definitely take the piss, but this should not be legislated because sometimes you need someone to take the piss.

If the anthem is sung to highlight the achievements of one person, it might include the verse(s) most appropriate to that person - where they were born or grew up, where they live and work, where their ancestors are from. This is an occasion where I can imagine the English verse could legitimately be omitted.

A sporting team or other group representing many languages could choose to nominate one or more verses to be played. Maybe if it's Alex's 50th match then they sing Alex's verse that game, then at the next game they sing Pat's verse because Pat had to leave the tour for the birth of their child, and of course opinion will be split between "aww that's really sweet" and "stop messing with it".

Most importantly, there should be no single official version. Any definition should not specifically include or exclude any single verse, not even the original English verse. Preferably the definition should be broad enough that we could all sing a verse in te reo Māori for Barnaby Joyce and it would be legit.

Anyway please feel free to expand on this and/or tell me I'm an idiot genius, I have a dog who requires attention

[codgod]

I love your idea for an egg, do you have any ideas for what they'd be like?

yea!!!

banjo would LOVE the ocean, first of all. love swimming, love sharks, love the beach. maybe i’m projecting a little but also i have met very few people here that don’t like the beach/swimming. also, mostly because of their namesake (a famous poet here) they’d really like stories, especially writing their own about their adventures every day. probably enjoys fighting mobs and doing dungeons just for the hell of it, not necessarily for the loot. and VERY ENERGETIC just a fun little guy all round. and for a little more projecting they really love music <3

and for general personality, mostly nice and laid back but also just a little passive aggressive/sarcastic at times lol

[nevertrustanoracle]

You and I have WILDLY different experiences of ANZAC Day if you think it’s “used to glorify” war.

It’s a day of remembrance. Of mourning those who died. Of counting the cost of war. Acknowledging and thanking those who survived, and celebrating that we’re still here, yes, but with a constant reminder that so many didn’t.

ANZAC Day is ANTI-war! It literally commemorates a military disaster! It’s not about gathering support for future military campaigns, it’s about wanting there to be none! About reminding us of the cost of them; that it’s too high.

Anti-militarist posters seen in Sydney in the lead-up to ANZAC day.

ANZAC day is a annual militarist holiday in Australia and New Zealand used to glorify past imperialist wars and to drum up nationalism and support for future military campaigns.

[flutenby]

australian culture should be everyone goes to jail and fuck the cops

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

The Tranzalpine Train song - with spectacular drone video

[grfn-btbtas]

Australians are a naturally sardonic people and therefore I find most of their versions of Waltzing Matilda do not communicate (to me) the lonely/tragic lament of the song. At least none of the versions I've found. Two things:

I find changing the first verse and last verse to "Who'll go a-waltzing Matilda with me" helps emphasize the loneliness of the swagman, as demonstrated by his desire to steal a sheep, not only for the usual reasons of stealing a sheep (possibly taking its wool, cooking it up, etc.) but also as a companion

The song is about the swagman being willing to die rather than face the squatter and the troopers - "You'll never take me alive, cried he" - this line should command some seriousness, some defiance, not clear to me why it's so difficult to find a version that does so without being saccharine.

[smallbirdbigcoat]

advance australia fair is so shit i would have voted for waltzing matilda

[methoxyacetyltryptamine]

It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say

Louis and Lee once part of me I'm on the phone jizzed cleffa sì

Once a jolly swagman, sat beside the billabong under the shade of the coolibah tree

I-T B-O-Y, B-B-N-O-dollar sign

How could we have known, that we're stuck in a system

Don’t go in there, you’ll become one freaky creatures, monster party

You're alone, you're on your own, so what?Have you gone blind?

How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes?

Why do you let me stay here

Wait a minute I think I left my conscience on your front doorstep

@xblood-kittenx @burry-penguin @glittering-jellyfish @nottheweasley @deepermadness @bonyghost-aka-misha @dnndjdjsj @zorbik-guligan

And feel free to join!!~

put your spotify on shuffle and write down the first lyric of the first ten songs that come on, post the poem that results - tagged by @kore538

today is my birthday and i'm riding high

two hearts fading like a flower

i put one foot in front of the other

i've been thinking, thinking it over

there is a house built out of stone

get me out

me, i've come apart and you made me

talk to me and watch me crumble

check out my melody

i'm searching for something that i can't reach

not sure that made much sense but alas 😂 tagging anyone who wants to do it, cba to tag anyone specifically

[utilitycaster]

is the ruby of the sea song like, the fake anthem of Nicodranas a la Waltzing Matilda for Australia or Northwest Passage and/or The Rocks And Trees Song for Canada

[genericpuff]

Hi from Australia!! Honestly I was trying to think of a cultural thing I could properly talk about (Given, I am both white and a dual citizen who moved here from another country as a child which I will admit skewed alot of my perceptions of things) and I settled for just a variety of things!! (I have only NOW noticed you asked for just 1 fact. Uh. Sorry D:) We mock our prime ministers (and other public officials to be fair). I don't think I'll ever be able to forget the fact someone started a rumour about our at the time PM Scott Morrison shitting himself in a McDonald's and he had to actually address it. SEVERAL TIMES. Wish we could have the claim that we threw a dildo at a politician, but that fame goes to Aotearoa, but we have thrown alot of boots and shoes.

(A very tangential note, but I must include it since we're talking about PM's, We had Harold Holt just completely vanish after going swimming in 1967- which came with alot of conspiracy theories with one of the more bizarre being that he apparently was a spy for the PRC and was whisked away in a submarine)

Outside of politics we do use an insane amount of slang terms (which. I think is at least widely known). Things are shortened, you add 'o' to things, words can get slung together- but also incredibly regional!! Bottlo- Bottle Shop, Maccas- McDonalds, 'Skanon- Going on, Thongs- Flip Flops, Togs- Swimsuit but was primarily used in primary school (Contentious!! I'm from Queensland but most states have wild names for swimsuits, I have heard someone call them Cozzies though??)! We also pull the 'Yeah, nah' and 'Nah, Yeah' thing

I grew up around Gumtrees, Eucalyptus and Paperbarks, which growing up my Ma always referred to widow makers. Have no idea if the tale she told me about them were anything outside of her, but its a good point to talk about folktales (if its even the right term for it asdfad).

With widow makers apparently a man fell asleep beneath one, the wind was blowing and a branch came down on him- leaving him with a widow. There's a focus on the bush, bush rangers, swagmen- the ones i were exposed to the most was Waltzing Matilda (a folk song telling the life and death of a swagman, ending the song with his ghost) and Ned Kelly (A real man whose become a legend, he was an outlaw and bank robber)

I say this all this genuine love for my country, but also that everything is incredibly white. The area I grew up in was not diverse, so the stories I've heard and what I've learned and seen IS coloured by that.

(For an added tidbit, I present a few cute birds for you to check out native to Australia, Crimson Rosella, Blue-Eyed/Faced Honeyeaters and Willie Wagtails my personal favourite)

more than one fact is absolutely allowed!! y'all understood the assignment and then some 😘

i stg y'all down there in Australia have some of the craziest shit going on, you got me wheezing at nearly 2 am in the morning reading about Scott Morrison, jfc LOL

also yesss I've heard SOME of these slang terms but not all, 'thongs' always makes people laugh in NA because as I'm sure you know that's a word that's typically used to describe sexy underwear LOL also not shocked at all that you also do the 'no yeah' 'yeah no' thing, iirc there are a lot of similarities to be found between Canada and Australia simply by virtue of "we both became independent from British rule and are now part of the commonwealth". But there are also a lot of massive differences because we're living in entirely different continents LOL

ALSO HELL YEAH MORE BIRDS AJAJFDKSLAFJASDKL <3

[eluxcastar]

Writing here because the type limit for comment in that one anon is FEOLSEKFMSEF.

NAUR, NOT THE FINAL LESSON NUH UH. If Arlecchino canonically doesn't die next patch, Brighella shouldn't too… BET. I do love the idea of a match between Cap and Brig! (wait, tf do we name her if she ain't "brighella" the fatui harbinger like it is the name she only knows) I mean, I did think about about her dying too… so tempting. I kinda ride that Acheron idea, some intense danceeee ehe… Her ult kinda has the Arle schemed and vice versa.

Angst material… hmmm, I did have an idea but it was only IF Arlecchino was centuries old but due to her taking over recently by canon that is scrapped because it is too inaccurate by the possibility lol. (It involved lowkey dying, and giving her heart to Arle then did get resurrected by the abyss order for them to use but she went rebellious and just lingers around Teyvat and the Abyss). A dance between the two, YES. I've always thought of Arlecchino being incapable of being romantic with Brighella beyond obsession. But, with all those fanfics I am consumed by sweet Arle with acts of service... Hahaha! We shall wait for the next patch on her potential emotional stance ykyk... Maybe she does care, despite having the reputation of discarding anything that does not benefit her. For me, Arlecchino is more of "You belong to me" kind of person not "You belong with me" Hold up gotta reread the lore stuff, after doing an assignment

Hehe Final Lesson inspiration I knew it was evil ALRIGHT it's on if Arle doesn't die I won't kill Brig either but if she does not only will I cry but I'll make it worse

I still call her Brighella, but she was also briefly called Matilda in my notes after the folksong Waltzing Matilda (what is she but a jolly swagman camped by a billabong (￣▽￣) wait I just realised she lives in Wangshuu Inn next to a body of water—she IS a jolly swagman camped by a billabong (°ロ°) !)

I also struggled so bad with the fact Arle is young because like, the timeline was screwing me over in my original plans (；￣Д￣) I was like WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE OLD (to my friend if you're reading this GO AWAY it's NOT because of the accusations I like old people) it would've made my life easier, but alas miHoYo can never do such things. I would have loved that idea because it's so edible— SACRIFICING herself for Arle??? Then Arle having to grapple with potentially being responsible for Brig becoming an unwilling pawn of the abyss??? delicious (*/▽＼*)

I LOVE the dance between Acheron and Black Swan sm something about those vibes just fits them so well

Yk I agree with that philosophy that Arle is a "you belong to me" not a "you belong with me" kinda person. I also like the idea Arle is lowkey obsessed with her (and though it's subtle in OoR it's sprinkled in there ( ´ ꒳ ` ) ) I wish that it didn't get so long it lagged every word program I put it through because I think when I rewrite it, I'll lean into that more and draw out the time it takes for them to come to an agreement ( ◡‿◡ *) Possibly a mix of the two where her 'love' for Brighella is born of obsession, their relationship is probably in some manner unhealthy, but she may be able to learn to love her normally as well (I doubt either of these people are capable of a healthy or normal relationship LMAO)

Random fun fact to throw into this one: the differences in thinking about their relationship are also what prompted me to have her completely unable to understand why Brighella gave up so easily and generally have there be a disconnect between what Brig wants and what Arle wants for her (ノ*°▽°*) because those are two very different things

Second song idea for the two of them I had five seconds ago: Fire and the Flood by Vance Joy ♡( ◡‿◡ )