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[LXCHEV]

A torana is a type of gateway seen in Hindu and Buddhist architecture. Toranas are associated with stupas like the Great Stupa in Sanchi. Symbolic toranas can also be made of flowers and even leaves and hung over the doors of Hindus, particularly in Southern India. They are believed to bring good fortune and signify auspicious and festive occasions.

During Vesak festival of Sri Lanka it is a tradition to erect electrically illuminated colorful Vesak toranas in public places. These decorations are temporary installations which remain in public display for couple of weeks starting from the day of Vesak.

[rodomo]

Is that from the teachings of the Ninjas?

[orangeLJ]

the 2flyLX plates were more likely a reference to to-fly the meaning of torana, not some wanker plate like you think.

[LXCHEV]

rodomo - yes, this knowledge comes from the teachings of the great Ninja's. I see you are very wise my son....

To further demonstrate, here is a photo of the Northern Torana at the Great Stupa in Sanchi....

[orangeLJ]

LXchev knows how to use google! lol

[LXCHEV]

I don't need Google - I know the ways of the ancient NINJAS!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

[Heath]

^ heheheh

Uhh. Insightful information Brett, thanks...

[mitchg]

the 2flyLX plates were more likely a reference to to-fly the meaning of torana, not some wanker plate like you think.

Thats what I meant. I didnt understand at first what they meant, and thought they were wankerish. Now I understand the meaning behind them.

[xu2308]

And the great styling guru ninja from GMH, his name is Leo, said at the Torana Tough Book Launch, that he and he only has pics of the LJ Torana with XU2 Decals on them, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm well before LH Torana, must have to be a Grandmaster GMH Ninja to see them special Torana pics.

[rodomo]

On the subjects of aboriginal Names for cars, has anyone else seen pix of the proto lc fastback called barina ?

If my memory is correct???? that may have been the GMH name for the the GTR-X project.

[RIM-010]

There's a decent chance that both spellings (Turana and Torana) were used, between different aboriginal dialects...

[StephenSLR]

Better then the toyota "kluger"

It's not so bad, rhymes with these:

sounds like that turd that just wont quit dangling.

Better known as a 'grogan'.

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Edited by StephenSLR, 19 September 2012 - 01:40 PM.

[StephenSLR]

There's a decent chance that both spellings (Turana and Torana) were used, between different aboriginal dialects...

They didn't have our alphabet so it's open to interpretation. It's more of a case of how white man interpreted the initial pronunciation and also how any particular aboriginal pronounces it. Tomayto, Tomahto

There's Coonawarra in South Aus. there's also Koonawarra in NSW which is the right way of spelling it?

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[Dr Terry]

There's a decent chance that both spellings (Turana and Torana) were used, between different aboriginal dialects...

It really depends on who translated it, the Aborigines had no written language & certainly no English spelling skills.

Dr Terry

[A9X]

Looks like an Ikara, ready fopr assembly

[Tyre biter]

A pretty common outcome really - all comes from the settlers 'Anglicising' aboriginal language - taking foreign sounding (to them) spoken words and using phonics for the same when putting English written accounts to paper.

We all have been taught that Canberra translates to 'meeting place' in the Ngunnawal language but word is what we know as Canberra actually means 'woman's breasts' arising from Black Mountain and Mt. Ainslie lying opposite each other with a low plain between.

I digress, it is suggested the word is actually (phonetically) Canbrey or Gambrey and equally, Queanbeyan is reportedly derived from the Ngunnawal: cu-um-bean.

Back to cars; The Monaro by Holden is no different. Again, we all know the tale of the name being suggested by a Holden staffer following his travels through the Cooma district. Thing is, in that part of the world the word is pronounced 'Mon-air-oh' as opposed to 'Mon-are-oh'.

And so to hear Torana might be Turana or anything else is not unusual.

Cheers, TB

[StephenSLR]

A pretty common outcome really - all comes from the settlers 'Anglicising' aboriginal language

I hate how they've done that

Jambreen in QLD was also spelt Tchambreem and Goombireen but I guess this was too foreign for some so they changed it to Tamborine.

Then there's Tom Huxley's Bridge, apparently Aboriginal workers who helped build the bridge had trouble with the name and pronounced it Tom Ugly's Bridge - it's still known as that today.

One that takes the cake is Austinmere. The signwriter was illiterate and when he painted the signs on the railway station he spelt it as Austinmer. For some reason the spelling stuck. Shop owners in the area have gone back to traditional spelling and their shop signs read Austinmere but the railway spelling on the station is unchanged.

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