Asking as person who live in Australia for 20 years but never got answer on this question?

  • grimacefry@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Wallan, VIC is actually Wallan Wallan - lots of wind. But is officially shortened to just Wallan. Others I know of are Bong Bong and Gumli Gumli, NSW. Billa Billa, QLD.

  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Well, for starters, it’s the reverse 😆

    And you’d probably have to ask a linguist, but I would think it’s gotta be related to ‘Wagga’ being two syllables, and ‘Woy’ being one. Not only is ‘Woy Woy’ short enough to begin with, but ‘Woy’ is also probably more prone to mishearing than ‘Wagga’.