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West Papua

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It's similar to the Khorowai people in West Papua who shout when they're going around corners. The mother-in-law, son-in-law taboo — they'll shout to make clear if the son-in-law's there, go away.

from 570: No Such Thing As Clay Valentines Cards, 2025-02-13 at 00:47:00 · read transcript

Other times West Papua came up

  1. If you count Eurasia as an island, I'm down to three immediately. It doesn't include Australia. It doesn't include Australia. After, I think it's after Greenland, yeah, it's... The country is called Papua New Guinea. The whole island is called New Guinea, but the western half of it, which is part of Indonesia, is Papua and West Papua. Then you also have Guinea and Guinea-Bissau and Guyana. Yeah. It's absolutely nightmare-affusing. Germany, I often get that mixed up.

    246: No Such Thing As The Worm Revolution, 2018-12-07 · listen

  2. If you count Eurasia as an island, about down to three immediately. It doesn't include Australia. After, I think it's after Greenland. Yeah. The country is called Papua New Guinea. The whole island is called New Guinea. but the western half of it, which is part of Indonesia, is Papua and West Papua. Then you also have Guinea and Guinea Bissau and Guyana. Yeah. It's absolutely nightmare. Germany. I often get that mixed up.

    No Such Thing As The Worm Revolution, 2018-12-07 · listen

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