Leftpondia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From left (“west”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”) + -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. [1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Leftpondia
- (slang) English-speaking parts of The Americas.
- 2002 June 17, Graybags <gbas@lineone.net>, “Some Thoughts On Leftpondia”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):
- 2003 October 30, tomcatpolka@yaNOSPAMhoo.com, “to Rightpondia”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
- One difference between Rightpondia and Leftpondia is that Arpudlians go 'to hospital' and Elpudlians go 'to the hospital'.
- 2007 August 16, K_S_ONeill@yahoo.com, “Regarding Leftpondia”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):