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White Lives in a Black Community: The lives of Jim Page and Rebecca Forbes in the Adnyamathanha communityTracy SpencerVolume One Creative Writing Component: Excerpted Chapters from Volume Three Appendix OneThere are moments in research that are pure gold. This was one. Frank Warwick was Edie’sson, and he remembered his childhood well, and had prepared for my visit with photographsof the old Winbar homestead and floor plans. Then he reached into his folder for somethingelse. He produced a typed document that was a copy of language notes his mother had made,taught to her by ‘Jack Witchetty’. Edie’s phonetics made eccentric spellings, but the languageis identifiable as Paakantyi 57 :Mother = ummaga My Mother = UmmagiFather = Combrama My Father = CombiiSister = Wardaga My Sister = WardagiBrother = Cockaga My Brother = CockagiSweetheart = Mattels Tea = TureeSugar – Muno also bread and flourMeat = Wonga Head = ThurdoForehead = Bicka Eyebrow = Bicka booltaEye = Makey Eyelashes = Makey booltaHair = Boolta Nose = MindolaLips = Mimmee Teeth = KnungeeTongue = Thurlinga Hand = MurrahNails = Millenah Elbow = CoopahKnee = Thingee Foot = ThinnahToo much to say = Combiah YelkaHouse = Boong-gah Camp = YuppurryhNo = Knattawery – KnangyYes = turing You = KnimbahMake haste = Calyhr BupperyGo on = Woorah Bury Where = Win-gahWhere is my dress = Windurah ComberWhere are you going = Windurah Knimba BuryWhy don’t you talk sense = Knun inah knimba coulpra toulagaGive me flour = Sngoha munnoYou don’t say so = Knuninah YennateCome with me (child) = Burrey lay mutpaWhat woman’s that = Guthee minnah nongaWhere is your dog = Windurrah knimba cullie 58I could have kissed him.44