Talk:Oz

Australia location in article
I guarentee that the most common use of the word OZ in the world is to refer to Australia, so I have moved it.

Wizard of Oz
Maybe the wicked witch did continue to live after melting... but as melted goo that absorbed into the ground :-) -- RTC 00:02 Nov 28, 2002 (UTC)


 * Ewwwwwwwww! ;) --Dante Alighieri

Scarecrow King of the Munchkins? What story is that in?--L.E./12.144.5.2/le@put.com

I believe Oz was originally satire aimed at William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896, 1900, and 1908, but I see nothing about that here. Am I right on this?

Zulitz


 * See The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. RadicalSubversiv E 00:13, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"Oz" for Australia
I don't think Oz comes directly from "Oz-tralia" but rather either from "AUS" - the international 3-letter identification code for Australia or from "Aussie" (I don't know which came first), perhaps someone would care to look into this vital matter...
 * I'd agree, most of us when saying Australia wouldn't pronounce the first syllable as Oz. I always thought it derived from Aussie.


 * You know I was kinda wondering about that. According to Oxford English dictionary online, the first use of the term to describe Australia was in 1902, and spelled "Oss."; this was an abbr. for South Australia, and too early, I think, to be derived either from the novel or from AUS. However the first time "Oz" is actually used to describe Australia was in 1944 -- a few years after the famous movie.


 * My theory is that when the movie premier down under people noted the similarity between between the names, and it was adopted as a sort of joking reference to their own "magical" land.--Dudeman5685 (talk) 03:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Article cleanup
I can't find an article link for this entry: I'm inclined to delete it. Thoughts? Cheers, --Joe Sperrazza (talk) 04:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * OZ Wheels, an alloy wheel manufacturer from Italy, established in 1971, see OZ Racing

Oz project
I have removed the Oz project; DAB pages don't belong in projects like that. jnestorius(talk) 17:55, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

OZ liquid measuring unit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.204.63 (talk) 19:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)