Talk:Oz

Latest comment: 11 years ago by 84.108.204.63 in topic Oz project

Australia location in article

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I guarentee that the most common use of the word OZ in the world is to refer to Australia, so I have moved it.

Wizard of Oz

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Maybe the wicked witch did continue to live after melting... but as melted goo that absorbed into the ground :-) -- RTC 00:02 Nov 28, 2002 (UTC)

Ewwwwwwwww! ;) --Dante Alighieri


Scarecrow King of the Munchkins? What story is that in?--L.E./12.144.5.2/le@put.com

I believe Oz was originally satire aimed at William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896, 1900, and 1908, but I see nothing about that here. Am I right on this?

Zulitz

See The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. RadicalSubversiv E 00:13, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"Oz" for Australia

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I don't think Oz comes directly from "Oz-tralia" but rather either from "AUS" - the international 3-letter identification code for Australia or from "Aussie" (I don't know which came first), perhaps someone would care to look into this vital matter...

I'd agree, most of us when saying Australia wouldn't pronounce the first syllable as Oz. I always thought it derived from Aussie.


You know I was kinda wondering about that. According to Oxford English dictionary online, the first use of the term to describe Australia was in 1902, and spelled "Oss."; this was an abbr. for South Australia, and too early, I think, to be derived either from the novel or from AUS. However the first time "Oz" is actually used to describe Australia was in 1944 -- a few years after the famous movie.
My theory is that when the movie premier down under people noted the similarity between between the names, and it was adopted as a sort of joking reference to their own "magical" land.--Dudeman5685 (talk) 03:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Article cleanup

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I can't find an article link for this entry:

I'm inclined to delete it. Thoughts?
Cheers, --Joe Sperrazza (talk) 04:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Oz project

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I have removed the Oz project; DAB pages don't belong in projects like that. jnestorius(talk) 17:55, 13 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

OZ liquid measuring unit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.204.63 (talk) 19:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)Reply