During World War One the royal family changed their name from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. On the flip side, in 1915 StKilda changed its colours to red, yellow and black. And, according to Boynton's research, what used to be known as German sausage changed its name to devon:
- New South Wales - devon
- Western Australia - polony
- Queensland - luncheon (which must make Bill Lawry happy)
- South Australia - fritz
- Tasmania - Belgium
- Victoria - Strasbourg or straz
Wiki says Victorians also called it devon, but I don't remember that. Anyway, while some of us have a fair idea about the change, and others know of the state variations, does anyone one why there are different names?
Boynton said it was weird that I couldn't remember 'Gropers called it polony. In my defence, I left there over 20 years ago and never ate the stuff. It wasn't exactly on high rotation vis-a-vis my day-to-day usage like "Wickham", "Sunday session", "78 Records", and "this Emu export lager tastes like swamp water".
Posted by: Tony | 23 October 2009 at 14:03
Look where polony pops up in books:
That ought to please the Lazy Aussie, who is a huge Tim Winton fan.
Posted by: Tony | 23 October 2009 at 14:06
Don't forget the all important Battenberg - Mountbatten change at around the same time!
It looks like they were related to QEII's husband... I had always thought they were related to Queenie herself, so I've just learnt something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Louis_of_Battenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 23 October 2009 at 15:42
Yeah, My old Nan in Melb. used to call it Devon...
never knew why though!
Posted by: TKYCraig | 23 October 2009 at 16:01
RIP Nicholas Knatchbull-Mountbatten.
http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/2009/05/lord-mountbatten-revisited.html
The IRA gave clear reasons for the execution. I think it is unfortunate that anyone has to be killed, but the furor created by Mountbatten's death showed up the hypocritical attitude of the media establishment.
As a member of the House of Lords, Mountbatten was an emotional figure in both British and Irish politics. What the IRA did to him is what Mountbatten had been doing all his life to other people; and with his war record I don't think he could have objected to dying in what was clearly a war situation. He knew the danger involved in coming to this country.
In my opinion, the IRA achieved its objective: people started paying attention to what was happening in Ireland.
-Gerry Adams
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 23 October 2009 at 16:08
The shorter Gerry: "RIP, ya cvnt."
Posted by: Tony | 23 October 2009 at 16:19
We used to call it rubber meat.
Posted by: TimT | 23 October 2009 at 17:25
We used to call it knob.
Posted by: Tony | 23 October 2009 at 17:32
Probably should have thrown that into the post.
Posted by: Tony | 23 October 2009 at 17:32
There are 100 uses for the term "a.k.a knob" Tony. Not quite as catchy as "f#&k nut loose lol", but quite nifty all the same.
So Mountbatten "a.k.a knob" or IRA "a.k.a knob"?
Posted by: Adsy | 23 October 2009 at 23:17
Mountbatten was directly responsible for Chuck not marrying Kamilla way back when he should have (which would have saved all of us from the trainwreck that was The Di Thing); this puts me with Gerry.
"does anyone one **** why there are different names?"
my guess is that 'polony' is the lazy 'Bologna'.
baloney is in there somewhere.
Sulphur cured meat compendiums are of course, culinary suicide.
Posted by: Bwca Brownie | 24 October 2009 at 08:25
Biggy, Her Maj and Lord lou were second cousins. As, therefore, are Her Maj and her Phil: second cousins, once removed. Given the size of Queen Victoria's family though, most of European royalty is a second cousin of the Queen.
Posted by: Russ | 24 October 2009 at 16:38
My gran called it Devon as well.
Posted by: Adam 1.0 | 24 October 2009 at 17:33
Wait, that's not right. Her Maj and Lord Lou are second cousins, once removed, Her Maj and her Phil, third cousins. Third being so much less scandalous than second.
Posted by: Russ | 24 October 2009 at 18:42
We called it German Sausage and later when we got more educated we called it straz. Now I don't buy it or eat it.
If I do eat it now I get Mortadella - so much more nice and inner suburbs sounding - don't you think? Even if it is the same mix of pig fat, floor sweepings, hoofs, offal and garlic and salt and pepper.
Posted by: fxh | 24 October 2009 at 22:43
In america they call it Baloney.
Im guessing the reason for the many names is that it can be made of nearly anything.
Posted by: Yobbo | 25 October 2009 at 03:23
Even if it is the same mix of pig fat, floor sweepings, hoofs, offal and garlic and salt and pepper.
Ah yes, floor sweepings.
According to ex staff, one of the ingredients they were made to add to Garibaldi "uncooked fermented meat" products such as metwurst.
Dirty, cheap assed, child killing fuck wits. Kiddies still suffering the after effects, I see:
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23807876-5006301,00.html
Im guessing the reason for the many names is that it can be made of nearly anything.
I'm guessing the reason for the many names is that it was at a time when Australia didn't have speedy communication between large cities, nor a national distributor of smallgoods, so regional variations easily popped up when we collectively exlaimed OH NOES! GERMANIC SOUNDING!
I like the "lazy Bologna" theory above. Straz and Fritz are self explanatory [still a little bit too Germanic sounding for mine, but a least they sound jingoistic]. Belgium made me chuckle. Luncheon was obviously coined by the ladies at an influential lawn bowls club.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 26 October 2009 at 12:18
Probably apocryphal. But I used to play footy with a butcher who swore it was traditional for butchers to spit in the sausage mix.
Posted by: Tony | 26 October 2009 at 18:51
Biggy, Her Maj and Lord Lou were second cousins. As, therefore, are Her Maj and her Phil: second cousins, once removed. Given the size of Queen Victoria's family though, most of European royalty is a second cousin of the Queen.
Cheers. I actually noticed that upon more thorough reading. Couldn't be bothered correcting myself at the time. Although I could be heard to mutter ponderously So THAT'S how it is in their family...
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Mountbatten was directly responsible for Chuck not marrying Kamilla way back when he should have (which would have saved all of us from the trainwreck that was The Di Thing); this puts me with Gerry.
He told him to throw the leg over as many Sloane Rangers as he could, no less. From the Wiki link:
In 1974 Mountbatten began corresponding with Charles about a potential marriage to his granddaughter, Hon. Amanda Knatchbull.It was about this time he also recommended that the 25-year-old prince get on with sowing some wild oats. Charles dutifully wrote to Amanda's mother (who was also his godmother), Lady Brabourne, about his interest. Her answer was supportive, but advised him that she thought her daughter still rather young to be courted.
On the same day Mountbatten was assassinated, the IRA also ambushed and killed eighteen British Army soldiers, sixteen of them from the Parachute Regiment at Warrenpoint, County Down in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush. After this action, graffiti proclaiming Bloody Sunday's Not Forgotten, We Got Eighteen And Mountbatten was seen in some Republican areas in Ireland.
Prince Charles took Mountbatten's death particularly hard, remarking to friends that things were never the same after losing his mentor.
Crikey! What a day. I can't remember it being so murderous. Actually the only thing I can really remember is the very unusual front page of The Worst Australian, which had a number of thumbnails of front pages of major UK newspapers. THE BASTARDS! was a standout, but I can't remember which publication it appeared in.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 27 October 2009 at 03:00