It's amazing what can be learned from this list. Yesterday in the hospital
registration area I was looking at a poster of the various languages for
which they have interpreters assigned. One was Tagalog and I had no idea
where it was spoken. You've saved me the trouble of looking it up. /jim
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[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Charles Monroe
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Where I live - was [OM] How to photograph starry
night skys?
<<< BBB wrote:
> > And all this time I thought I'd lived in the real boonies.
>
> Is "The Boonies" a place or a state of mind?>>>
I believe "Boonies" comes from "boondocks" from the Tagalog
(Philippines) word "bundok" for the jungle or back woods. Probably
brought back by the GI.
My .02cents
Charles Monroe
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