Noosa is located at the northern end of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. One thing that the travel Websites probably won't tell you about Noosa is that it is the preferred destination for final year Secondary School students in their post examinations week of drunken revelry at end of November or early December. It's called Schoolies' Week and the students come from all over Australia especially from the southern States.

Should I try for a hat-trick or stay out of this one?

Is the name pronounced "Noossa" or "Nooza"?

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Originally posted by Richard English:
Is the name pronounced "Noossa" or "Nooza"?

I gotta noossa-- I'm in with a verse for the former.

I am sending one forthwith, or maybe just with one.
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Sorry. Bethree has it right. Noosa rhymes with looser (not loser).

Or to put it another way:

When it comes to a limerick on Noosa
The most obvious rhyme is with looser,
But there are many others
And if I had my druthers
I'd prefer one that's somewhat obtuser.

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Sorry. Bethree has it right. Noosa rhymes with looser (not loser).

That's put paid to my "boozer" limerick, then Back to the old writing pad.

My first one's now submitted.

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That's put paid to my "boozer" limerick,

I get what you mean, but I've not heard that phraseology before.

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I get what you mean, but I've not heard that phraseology before.

Which bit of my phraseology wasn't clear?

I wondered about that. Is it that "put paid to" isn't used in the US.

Here it is, at the very bottom.

Obviously Noosa is more limerick-friendly that Yackandandah, with 6 limericks already from 4 participants.

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Originally posted by Proofreader:
Here it is, at the very bottom.

Of course I know what it means. It was just that the question about phraseology had to mean either that or "boozer" and given what I know of the people around here it seemed unlikely that "boozer" was being questioned.

I realize you know what it meant. It's for the less-well-informed in the US.

I haven't ever seen "put paid to" used. Perhaps it's a US/UK difference? Or maybe I am one of those "less-well-informed" people? At least I've heard of a "boozer."

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
I haven't ever seen "put paid to" used. Perhaps it's a US/UK difference? Or maybe I am one of those "less-well-informed" people? At least I've heard of a "boozer."

I am delighted to learn that my bibulous training has not been in vain

"Put paid to" is such a common UK English expression I never gave its use a thought. In fact, I find it quite difficult to think of a simple synonym. But essentially "That's put paid to my boozer limerick" translates as "That means I will be unable to carry out my idea of writing a limerick about a boozer".

Another translation might be "That's put the kibosh on it".

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Originally posted by arnie:
Another translation might be "That's put the kibosh on it".

That's true. That phrase looks as if it might be Yiddish.

I'd always thought it might come from an Indian language, imported in the days of the Raj. However, Online Etymology Dictionary says "of unknown origin, despite intense speculation". They do, however, agree that it looks Yiddish.

A couple of articles on the origin of kibosh:
World Wide Words and
The Word detective.

I enjoyed that Quinion article on kibosh. I'd always thought, hands down, it was Yiddish is origin. In his article, Quinion mentions the importance of the number 18 in Judaism. He is correct; in fact, for Bar and Bat Mitvahs often the gift of money is given in 18 dollar increments.

I have still only received the initial 6 limericks and 2 of them are mine and 2 are Richard's, so where have the rest of you gone? I am going interstate for a couple of days to my only living Aunt's 90th Birthday party. By the time I return on Sunday I hope to find a few more Noosa limericks.

I promise to get one to you.

I'm back from my interstate trip and have one more Noosa limerick for a total of 7. One or two more would be good.

2 more overnight for a total of 9. I will give Kalleh 24 hours to get hers in, then go to the Polls.

The Poll is open in a new thread.