I just did a web lookup: Definitions of *wally* on the Web: - stupid, foolish person www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/w.php<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&ei=fOzlRJKFIL2IiAHmlez4Cg&sig2=B3vc_7MJYDHEMg-ePnkZMQ&q=http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/w.php> - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&ei=fOzlRJKFIL2IiAHmlez4Cg&sig2=jbFC6SIyj8hbXPv9IDtHMA&q=http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Dwally> Australia: A wally is generraly means a "silly" person such as the famous (in Oz) campaign in saving water in the 80's with the tag line of "Don't be a wally with water" *Wally* Wally appeared in water conservation adverts a few years ago. A kind of accident-prone garden dag, he managed to waste water, generally in ways that involved him flooding his own garden and/or house, and looking like a complete drip. Each ad would end with the tagline "Don't be a Wally with water". On 8/17/06, nancy butterfield <nbutter@pacifier.com> wrote: > > Blank I must chime in here re the pronunciation of "Whalley." About 10 > years ago, my husband and I were in Whalley in England and were very quickly > corrected on the pronunciation. NOT "wally," the locals said. MUST be > "wohlly" with the O as in toll. Apparently "wally" means something fairly > insulting, not sure what. > Nancy Butterfield in Chinook, Washington > > A descendant of William and Margaret Hilditch Whalley from Lancashire > and Canada in the mid-1800s. > > > ==== WHALEY Mailing List ==== > Whaley Oldest Ancestors List: now online at: > http://whaley.phpbbnow.com > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > -- Bev Graham Bethany, OK