When I was, just now, scoping out the most recently added
members on Team Tia, I discovered there was one from a place called
Blackbutt, a name which absolutely delighted me because, well, that’s just how I am. Whenever I see a funny or unusual place name like that, I usually imagine how fun it would be to be able to write its name as a return address or to be able to answer something like, “Why, Blackbutt, of course!” when someone asked me where I was from.
Blackbutt turns out to be the southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, boosting, close by, as one of its main attractions the cleverly named,
Blackbutt Reserves, which, according to Wikipedia, is “… a large bushland reserve which includes wildlife sanctuary for koalas, kangaroos, emus, wombats, native birds, etc.” Sounds like a fun place to check out.
So, yes, with that,
I am absolutely unapologetically, shamelessly resurrecting this thread, because I believe now, as I believed when I first started it, that there’s all kinds of learning and fun to be had and shared here, coming simply, from the names of the places where Kiva’s lenders and entrepreneurs come from, and from the things we can learn about them, once we've gotten past chuckling, guffawing, or shaking our heads over their names.
EDIT:
Was just thinking.... It would have been even more fun, as in, a whole lot more fun, if instead of their naming the place, Blackbutt, the Aussies had named it, "Bigbutt," instead. On the other hand, I suppose there's a reason why I haven't been appointed, yet, as the official Place Namer of the World.
And yes, it's very possible, as you might conclude, particularly if you read through the first couple of pages of this thread as I just did, that my "sense of humor" is something of an acquired taste. Sorry. Not.
