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The Pines !


MonkeyBoy

3-Mar-2010
10:23:02 PM

Just found out i have access to a camper van in vic in a couple of weeks so going to head down to the araps - whats the deal with camping at the pines ( which seems to be the place to be) do I have to book, is there a phone number ? web site ?

Cheers in advance.


ambyeok

3-Mar-2010
10:53:44 PM

Turn up, find on of the many free spots, pitch your tent, pay the camp fee at the honesty box (the ranger will be by to check), then climb to your hearts content

No booking, no phoning, just dont pitch on a bindi patch

dave

3-Mar-2010
11:11:17 PM

On 3/03/2010 MonkeyBoy wrote:
>head down to the araps

its araps, not THE araps...sorry its my pet annoyance.


freesolo

4-Mar-2010
7:10:26 AM

well, mine is people who say THE Mount. It's not THE Mt. Arapiles. my bladder is bigger than your bladder!


masterofrup

4-Mar-2010
7:14:46 AM

You got to admire pedantry about correct use of colloquial abbreviations.


ambyeok

4-Mar-2010
8:50:48 AM

For the record, its pines not "the pines"

hero

4-Mar-2010
9:18:40 AM

Oh, I love early morning pedantry. In my humble opinion:

It is 'Araps', because there (discounting Los Arapiles in Spain but with the exception of searching flickr there is very little ambiguity) is only one.

But the definite article 'the' is used to refer to 'the Mount' and 'the pines' to avoid confusion. "I'm going to Mount and going to camp at Pines." makes you sound like a Yorkshireman.


Pat

4-Mar-2010
9:41:51 AM

Shouldn't that be "makes you sound like Yorkshireman" ?

jrc

4-Mar-2010
10:13:50 AM

If it's not too much to ask, please lube the side door slide and doorlock of your camper. Makes it a lot quieter at 3am.


wallwombat

4-Mar-2010
10:14:16 AM

On 3/03/2010 ambyeok wrote:
>Turn up, find on of the many free spots, pitch your tent, pay the camp
>fee at the honesty box (the ranger will be by to check), then climb to
>your hearts content
>
>No booking, no phoning, just dont pitch on a bindi patch

He's going to have a CAMPERVAN. He won't be pitching a tent.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

4-Mar-2010
10:16:15 AM

On 4/03/2010 hero wrote:
>"I'm going to Mount and going to camp at Pines."
>makes you sound like a Yorkshireman.
... or someone with a sex fetish?
_{Heh, heh, heh.}


MonkeyBoy

4-Mar-2010
7:20:11 PM

> "I'm going to Mount and going to camp at Pines."
>makes you sound like a Yorkshireman.

I am actually from Lancashire ( Rochdale to be exact which is on the boarder of Lancs and Yorks) so to re state my question.

If I n t lass were to tek us van t't'araps n try t'camp at t'th pines would ay av t give em a bell first?

bl@ke

4-Mar-2010
8:15:09 PM

Tear it up!

Karl Bromelow

4-Mar-2010
8:56:14 PM

Nay lad. Jus' get thi' sen down thur. Tha'll 'ave a ball. It's reet grand. Mind, it's no wur near as good as 'eptonstall quarry or Anglezarke or Pule 'ill or owt like that!


Chuck Norris

4-Mar-2010
9:53:42 PM

You pedants are totally missing the point it is occasionally 'the' arapilies cos it sounds better. A noun starting with a vowel can be awkward to say so the definite article can be inserted to reduce this awkwardness.

I've heard it often (as a 1/2 ukrainian) in people saying 'the ukraine' and it occurs often in other languages. For example in spanish 'agua' (water) is masculine but 'la agua' sounds weird so it is 'el agua'. There are numerous other examples.


MonkeyBoy

4-Mar-2010
10:07:23 PM

Grad lad Grand

simey

5-Mar-2010
12:25:11 AM

On 4/03/2010 stugang wrote:
>You pedants are totally missing the point it is occasionally 'the' arapilies cos it sounds better. A noun starting with a vowel can be awkward to say so the definite article can be inserted to reduce this awkwardness.

Good point, but Arapiles is an abbreviation of Mount Arapiles and Mount doesn't start with a vowel. You don't hear anyone say, 'We are going to the Everest'.


jkane

5-Mar-2010
12:42:11 AM

On 4/03/2010 MonkeyBoy wrote:
>I am actually from Lancashire ( Rochdale to be exact which is on the boarder
>of Lancs and Yorks)

Lancs? Yorks? Same difference. Fkn northern monkey

Jim (soft southern shite)
:-)


Chuck Norris

5-Mar-2010
8:47:06 AM

Simey, surely you of all people would recognise the ambiguities in saying simply 'I am going to mount'.

Wendy

5-Mar-2010
9:19:17 AM

I think this stumpy would have been grammatically correct in saying "I am going to mount arapiles"

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