Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Melbourne

Anna
"Leafy" means "having a lot of trees", which is considered a good thing
because Australia in a hot place, and trees give shade.
"Community" here means a small area of the population where the people
know each other and interact as neighbours rather than strangers.
"A leafy bayside community" is thus a pleasant place to live.
"Upside-down" is a strange adjective for a river, I agree, and I haven't
heard of it before. The fact that it is juxtaposed with "brown", and the
fact that the Yarra is muddy tends to suggest that the river is upside-
down in the sense that the mud is on the top and the cleaner water
is deeper down. (The first half is true – I can't vouch for the latter).
Raymot
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Thank you so much, Raymot :-)
This was of great help. I think I'll have more questions about the third
city!
E' una fortuna averti qui (fa freddo da quelle parti?)
Anna

Si posso confermare quello che ha scritto Raymond, anche perche' ho vissuto
quasi un'anno a Melbourne ed e' proprio cosi'......
 
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Riporto la opinione di Francesca, australiana, sull'argomento.
I refer to the one where you pose the question as to meaning of "a leafy
bayside community on the upside-down, brown Yarra River".  "Leafy" simply
means that the place has a lot of trees, it is usually used to describe the
more established and desirable areas in which to live.  I am not sure why,
but usually the older the suburb, the more trees there tend to be in that
area.  Thus you find that people are attracted to inner-city areas where the
streets are lined with old trees, usually oak trees.
As to the meaning of the "upside-down" Yarra River, I must confess that I am
not really sure what the author meant there and I would probably need to
read a bit more in order to place it into context.  It is not an adjective
that is commonly used to describe a river.  However, I can only assume that
the author of this description liked to think of himself as a bit of a poet.
"Upside-down, brown" is what we call an "alliteration".
That is, "down" and "brown" contain the same sound when spoken out aloud.
(There are actually four words in the preceding sentence that form an
alliteration!!)
Alliteration is a common technique used in poetry for verbal effect.
Another example would be something like: "the rain in Spain falls mainly on
the plain".

"Upside-down, brown" is what we call an "alliteration".
Actually, you can find alliterations in Italian too, and in every language,
I suppose !! :)
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>"Upside-down, brown" is what we call an "alliteration".
Ehm, no.
This is a simple rhyme. An "illiteration" is a series of
sounds that are all the same, usually at the beginning
of a word, eg. "a mass of mud meandering through Melbourne"
Raymot
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No, illiteration is wot yu get when yu dont go to skool.
Mary
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Oops, typo!
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 Raymot
I bet that's how you cobbers pronounce it, though!
By the way, you were quite right about the Yarra River. Curiosity eventually
made me do a web search. The quote posted by Anna was from the Lonely Planet
guide, and I found this definition elsewhere: "Yarra - the only river in the
world that runs upside down. i.e. with the mud and silt on top".
Mary
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Anna