Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
[later on, Pixie wrote - in response to accepting a
number]
<q>
Ooh! You mean this is just like the Deli and I haveta
wait for that continental sausage I ordered??
</q>
True delights are always worth a wait :-)
..back tuit..
>On Tue, 04 May 2010 23:13:40 +1000, hopper
>
>[...]
>
>>Nieve, contrary to what others will tell you there is
>>only _one_ English dictionary --->Oxford
>>http://www.askoxford.com/
>>
>/looks fondly at my Australian Pocket Oxford...
>Who gets a dictionary for their 13th birthday??...
>
IIRC .. I had my first APO at around 8/9?
I well remember being fascinated there was such a
book.. and immediately tried finding all the swear
words I had heard, trouble was I couldn't spell them!
Try looking up "fook".. which is how my Dad pronounced
the word.. and fecking?
Even worse was that one.. had me puzzled for years what
was so great about "fecking hell"! Especially when
uttered profusely by a good Kafflick man.. curse the
Leprechauns and their Gaelic for young Aussie
lurnin'..!
>/rolls eyes... and yeah, that was ALL I got.../laff
>
Beats a day in the paddock.. with a new hat and a
freshly sharpened hoe!.
That makes for a "special day" <g>
>>Something else that may help is this site.
>>I myself use a lot of these:
>>http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/smileys.html
>>
>All sorts of mixed messages on that page.../grin
>Stick to long hand... /tinkle
>
In some places you would then be flamed
for "verbosity" :->
>Say what you mean, mean what you say!
>
ASCII makes no change to that. It is the read that
determines. There is always room to expand ones
vocabulary.. boring otherwise?
/snip
>>>King of very strange wording.
>>>
>>
>Eh... never were truer words spoken... ROFL
>
I thought it bloody clever too..!
Took me back to New Guinea and how folks there viewed
the world of Europeans.
Many are still waiting for "number 10 queen" to arrive.
They are referring to Queen Victoria!
>>[chuckles]
>>Your sense of humour is infectious, Nieve.
>>
>Truly manifique!!
>
Well... I wouldn't go that far.. but yes, Nieve would
put Marcel Marceau out of a job <g>
>>I 'speak' English, Nieve.
>>
>Debatable!
>
Ok.. I concede.. change that to "I _am able to_ speak
English".. mheh
>We (Australians) use the English Alphabet. As it was issued by the
>English. Not those dingbat z's the Yanks use.
>It's a Zed!! Not a Zee!!!
>/giggle
>
And we don't leave out half the characters nor bracket
anything much (like it is extra special important) <g>
>We drive on the left side of the road, as the majority of the
>population is right handed... (In Olde England, you needed your sword
>hand [usually right hand] free to fight off highwaymen... tis true!!
>So you stayed on the left of who you may have had to fight off).
>
/nods
I reckon the early US ARMY - Custers era - all had to
be "Molly Dukers" (cacky handers - [AM] south paw))
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/More-Aussie-Lingo-103402.html
How else did they ride AND carve up them Indians??
>As for "speaking" English... ??
>Yer havin' a lend o' yerself if ya think that.../laff
>(Meaning: Hopper is fooling Himself if He thinks we speak English!)
>
See my preceding concession.
We _can_ speak English :-)
I say we (.au) should be selling ourselves as "the Call
center Capital of the Globe". Gawd noes you cannot get
an English speaking "help" person in any other
Country... including Britain...!
/snip
>>We will understand you.. no problem :-)
>>
>Yeah, more culture than yoghurt, down here.../grin
>
In New South Wales?
"enguarde..!"
/snuckles
>>And for the Yanks reading my post?
>>Before you get overly "postal".. check the attachment
>>to see just how screwed over you guys do English.. you
>>even confuse yourselves..!!
>>http://boingboing.net/images/archieslang.jpg
>>
>/screeching laffter.....
>Where did Archie get time to do "that" as WELL??
>
It is American. that mob can do anything ..
... in print <g>
>Now how's He think He is gonna do anything with that girl now??
>They allowed that in a cartoon???
>mehehe.
>
The link is there... really, it did not surprise me :->
>>The language built "Down Under"???
>>http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
>>
>This was classic!! So many "isms" to walk down memory lane with. You
>notice "Bluey" (a summons) was missing??!!!
>Are they still printed on blue paper??
>
As far as I know.. no.
But I haven't had one in years and dBoss isn't
into that stuff. Anything on her desk is "stiff white
(recycled) paper".. heh heh.
And likewise for "pinky".. for either meaning.
And I can tell you some are still printing those on
pink paper as I got one from my ISP a while back over a
mixup in bank accounts. I smiled when I saw it in the
mail. Haven't seen a pinky in years neither :->
>No wonder ppl can't understand us.../laff
>
Yet we have no problem with others.. even
West Aussies <g>
Weird , eh?
>and
>"B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party
>usually held in rural areas"
>is so toned down for the masses.../laff
>It should read --
>B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - the biggest excuse for a
>pissup and "catch a feel/get lucky" night of the year!
>
You know what?
I reckon these sites are written up by homesick
Americans, mostly.. trying to explain to their brethren
"oh it is really not so bad, the language is quaint and
there are some really cute traditions".
/puke
Or it could be a generational thing combined with local
exposure. Like, a post war born Victorian has a
completely different set of language skills to that of
a 60's born Territorian (NT- Australia) and we all are
dramatically different to the current language set in
Sydney.. especially the taxi set :-/
>Dresses cannot be worn again (ruined, if you are lucky enough to
>remember where you took it off!!) and if you can remember anything at
>all, then you didn't drink enough... rofl
>The preferred mode of transport is a ute (utility) and paddock bashing
>(circle work in the ute) with a dozen people in the tray of the ute is
>always a crowd pleaser... yes, dangerous as all hell. No one seems to
>mind as alcohol makes everyone very brave... and very stupid!!
>
--->disagree... but you get that at these
"big do's" :->
And you forgot to mention that rarely - if ever - is
there a blue (fight) at these things (B&S Balls). yet
one cannot go to a wedding and not witness at least one
stoush (fight).. again, weird as :-)
>Never been to one myself... one could get hurt, very badly!! /laff
>
naaaaah.. unless you NooSoufWellies do
stuff rough, like :-)
>The local hire place for rented formal wear TRIPLES the hire cost of
>clothes to the B&S's around here! If you can't bring back your clothes
>(simply cos you can't find them!!) then you lose the whole cost!
>
heh.. you guys are posh. No "rentals" up my way.
You buy what you wear.. or make it.
>Expensive night out... sometimes worth it... mostly not!! /grin
>
Gives the kids a night out and the Mums and Dads
something to gossip about.. sometimes for weeks,
depending on just who & who "went into the scrub"
(moonlight skinny dipping)
or "climbed into the back of the ute"
(spring testing)
.... heh heh
>>cheerio.. Nieve, and keep an eye on those headers for
>>any brown-eyed mullet in your read <bg>
>>
>Look for the cut and paste efforts of the fake one. If it smells like
>fish, then it probably is...
>
We all grow... one day at a time :-)
Phewwwww.. that delivery was work<g>
.. back to ye :-)
--
hopper
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