Taken directly from Column 8 today (15/5):
“Sir,” writes Timothy Sparks, of Cudal, which is always a promising start, “I grew up in Talgarra Place, Beacon Hill, and when the street sign was replaced with a nice new one, reading ‘Talgara Pl’, a neighbour reported this spelling error to Warringah Shire Council, only to be informed that ‘that was the way the Aborigines spelt it’.”
One wonders what they were thinking, but one can’t help giggling, can one?
matjjin-nehen 
May 16, 2007 at 10:25 pm
One giggles awfully more than one should given the circumstance one finds oneself in…
May 17, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Did column 8 remark upon the absurdity? Can’t be bothered trying to find Tuesday’s version…
May 17, 2007 at 4:20 pm
(I’ve updated the link to the archived entry.)
No, this is the entire piece. It isn’t their style to do anything but let the absurdity speak for itself.
May 18, 2007 at 11:52 am
You know, with a change of tense, the statement would change from the absurd:
‘that was the way the Aborigines spelt it’
to the formidable:
‘that is the way the Aborigines spell it’