John Forbes wrote:
It's certainly entertaining, though I don't think the author can have been to Britain. Half his words/phrases are found in Britain, and most, like "arse" are definitely not imports from Australia. Arse in fact is Saxon, and came to Britain a very, very long time ago.
John
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:32:23 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
lol! that is too funny Brian!
Have to say that I have never used that much Aussie slang in one sentence -
ever!
And... I just found this....
http://www.aussieslang.com/
It's a very cool site! lol.
tan.
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G'day Frank....
Fair suck of the sav, cobber - if you're not fair dinkum, you're not
dinky-di!!
(sometimes not being taken seriously is not all that bad....)
Brian
<snip> > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You guys really have to stop talking like that. No wonder no one takes
> Aussies seriously, eh?
>
> -frankie Canuck
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "Trevor Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snip> > >It's bloody good to have another Fair Dinkum bloke on the list. > >Hooroo.<snip>
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