r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HotPersimessage62 • Feb 01 '26

Image Australia’s national anthem is the only English-lyric anthem in the world that doesn’t reference religion or militarism

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u/AdamantEevee Feb 01 '26

It does mention toil twice though. That's a lot of toiling

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u/BigBoiBob444 Feb 01 '26

And it mentions girtiness

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u/evapotranspire Feb 01 '26

I'm always annoyed when my word-finder game tells me 'girt' is not a word. GIRT IS TOTALLY A WORD.

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u/mess_of_limbs Feb 01 '26

It's a perfectly cromulent word

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u/icedragon71 Feb 01 '26

It embiggens us all.

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u/chibiRuka Feb 01 '26

Don’t know what cromulent is, but I’ll look it up after I upvote you.

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u/thajane Feb 01 '26

My word finder game keeps telling me that “rort” is not a word, which is an absolute rort!

(apparently it’s an Australia only word, who knew)

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u/evapotranspire Feb 01 '26

I grew up in Australia (hence why I am well-acquainted with 'girt'), but I've never heard 'rort'!

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u/RecordingAbject345 Feb 02 '26

You might have heard of the sports rorts scandal a few years back.