atw: Re: Evolving language and 'munted'
- From: "Christine Kent" <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:48 +1000
In my childhood it was the tailings from a coal mine. The poor villagers
used to send their kids scrambling over the heaps to find pieces of black
coal large enough to burn on their own fires.
It's probably a general terms for heaps of rubbish left over from mining.
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Isn't a slag heap the waste material from a (steel-making) blast furnace?
On 10/08/2011, at 11:33 AM, Christine Kent wrote:
> Known as slag heaps in England.
>
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> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Parker
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> If you drive the Great Northern Highway through the Murchision you'll
> see mullock heaps - Mount Magnet has a few - its the overburden that
> has been removed before the ore is accessed. = rubbish.
>
> Bill
> On 10/08/2011, at 9:01 AM, Lana Brindley wrote:
>
>> Err ... what *does* it mean?
>>
>> L
>>
>> On 10 August 2011 11:01, Bill Parker <renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> When I first came to Australia in 1974 I heard the term "mullock".
>>> Told what it meant in Australia and asked why I did not know
>>> -"because it was a British word". It was centuries ago. Not heard
>>> nowadays. Having said that, I am waiting for someone to put me
>>> right.
>>> Bill
>>> On 10/08/2011, at 8:48 AM, Dave Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi (from a part of Christchurch that is not munted!)
>>>
>>> When I first heard that word on TV and radio after the quakes, I was
>>> sure I'd heard it before. I reckon my son and his mates brought it
>>> home from school - this would have been mid-late 90s. They used it
>>> as a synonym for "stuffed", "broken" etc. At the time we thought it
>>> was OK, and knew nothing of its other meanings. I don't recall
>>> hearing it used much recently, so I guess it fell out of usage for a
>>> while, but came back with a vengeance after the quake.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Lana Brindley wrote, on 10/08/2011 11:20 a.m.:
>>>
>>> "Munted" was a standard term for my group of friends growing up in
>>> rural Queensland in the late 80's/early 90's. Not sure whether that
>>> says more about me knowing weird colloquialisms, or NZ being a
>>> decade or two behind the times ;)
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>> On 10 August 2011 08:49, <deanea@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm new to this list and have been 'listening' to the conversation
>>> about language change.
>>>
>>> I have just returned to Sydney from 4 days in Christchurch and have
>>> been amazed there at the new life poured into the word 'munted'.
>>> (I'll leave you to look it up). It seems to appear at least once in
>>> every
> conversation.
>>> Buildings, roads, jobs, gardens... so much is 'munted' as a result
>>> of the earthquakes.
>>>
>>> A few words of introduction... I've been working in document/info
>>> design/tech writing since the early 90's - mining, metals
>>> processing, road safety, health and now animal health. Embarking on
>>> my last subject of Grad Dip Info Design and Christchurch Polytech -
>>> it's been a fabulous and robust learning experience for me.
>>>
>>> Look forward to contributing and learning from this list.
>>>
>>> Anne Deane
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Senior Technical Author
>>> Tait Radio Communications
>>> 535 Wairakei Road, PO Box 1645, Christchurch, New Zealand
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