On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:




The Buggis Schooners, from S. Sulawasi are still trading between the
Indonesian Islands but they are all motorized now.

Real sailors -- the people that actually make their living from being
on the water are pretty unanimous in thinking that internal combustion
is good.



Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Bruce,
A thought just leapt into my somewhat disheveled mind.

In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you" I think it has since fallen out of favour, probably
to someone like Darth Vader.

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.

Was the Bugi man used in the USA to frighten children or is it a
colonial legacy you didn't inherit?

regards
Peter


I suspect that it was actually Buggie man, as someone else posted
however the Bugis have made voyages between
Sulawasi and Australia for generations and very likely visited N.Z. as
well.

As the Buggis have a reputation every where they go for being a
troublesome race (instead of punching you in the nose they tend to
stick a knife in you) it is quite possible that in N.Z. you were
threatened by the Buggi man.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

In article ,
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you" I think it has since fallen out of favour, probably
to someone like Darth Vader.

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.


As the Buggis have a reputation every where they go for being a
troublesome race (instead of punching you in the nose they tend to
stick a knife in you) it is quite possible that in N.Z. you were
threatened by the Buggi man.

And immortalised by having a street in Singapore named after them?

:-)

--
Molesworth

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:09 -0500, Molesworth
wrote:

In article ,
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you" I think it has since fallen out of favour, probably
to someone like Darth Vader.

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.


As the Buggis have a reputation every where they go for being a
troublesome race (instead of punching you in the nose they tend to
stick a knife in you) it is quite possible that in N.Z. you were
threatened by the Buggi man.

And immortalised by having a street in Singapore named after them?

:-)

--
Molesworth

Yes, Buggis Street is named after the Buggis, just as Arab street is
named after Arabs and "Little India" and "China town" are named after
those ethnic groups.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

In article ,
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:09 -0500, Molesworth
wrote:

In article ,
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you" I think it has since fallen out of favour, probably
to someone like Darth Vader.

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.


As the Buggis have a reputation every where they go for being a
troublesome race (instead of punching you in the nose they tend to
stick a knife in you) it is quite possible that in N.Z. you were
threatened by the Buggi man.

And immortalised by having a street in Singapore named after them?

:-)

--
Molesworth

Yes, Buggis Street is named after the Buggis,

Sold my car to a Kai-tai before I left.. a 1958 Standard 10..

just as Arab street is
named after Arabs

And bought my own (lost) Army kit back from a stall there..

:-)

and worked for a Chinese-Malay printing company (Sim-Wah Press) while
waiting for us Brits to leave..

--
Molesworth