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The great Australian comedy series Kath & Kim features some hilariously dumbfounding baby names, such as: - Typhphaanniii (pronounced Tiffany)
- Eppinn'knee Rae¨</i> (Rae is followed by an [umlaut] and a [close italics])
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Detestannii
- Paloma
- Papiloma
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Tailuh (pronounced Tai Luh)
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Glen Waverley (after a suburb in Victoria, Australia)
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Aussie
- Fat Free Frûche
- Tiramisu
Then there are these baby names, inspired by a hospital visit (and please note that they all sound better with an Australian accent): - Neil Bymouth
- Cardio Infarction (the downside being the inevitable nickname "Farct")
- Enema (for a girl)
- Lupus (for a boy)
- Catheter
- I.V. (for a girl)
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| The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine |
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~ Classic Sightings ~ 
Portrait from Memoir of William H. Y. Hackett.
“A ghost in gray whose soul is mourning its life past.” —S. Vasuki
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook: This piece is for Gary Barwin, whose pirate-novel-in-progress is our most-anticipated book of whatever year it debuts.
Gary notes: Like old sailors, nautical words are shrunken and shrivelled by the desiccating sun and the sea air, or salted for preservation and storage for the long voyage, marinated like mariners and then dried out. These words are contracted and foreshortened like an island seen from across the long sea.
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~ Classic Sightings ~ 
Portrait from Memoir of Rev. Henry Bacon.
“It was a ghost, no doubt, but there was no harm in cross-checking.” —Arup Kumar Dutta
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:
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Imagine a game of "What's My Line," in which either a cherub or an imp whispers into a blindfolded panelist's ear.
Are the whispered words pictured on the right of an angelic or a diabolical nature?
Answer: Angelic. "The angel whispered, 'It is enough; my task is ended. New duties await me.'” —T. S. Arthur, "The Search for Happiness,” The True Path, 1888, p. 52. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
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