A lot of excitment today. The interpreters are creating a huge art work to hang on the wall so the information center. These are real, full blooded, bush aborigines. I'll actually get to see how they do their art.
In one language, the term for "boiling water" translates directly to "giggling water". I thought that was kinda funny.
I was chatting with the trainer last night about the cultural "gratuitous confirmation". There is a general perception that aborigines are flakes. They say they will do something, then they don't show up. It's actually because culturally they CAN'T say no. Even if they know they can't do something, they still say yes. Obviously that's going to cause some frustration and misunderstanding
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