On Fri, 07 May 2010 20:47:57 +1000, hopper
>Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>
>[later on, Pixie wrote - in response to accepting a
>number]
><q>
>
And not even the first number... /grin...
>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 :-)
>
Thankfully I am young enough not to die of old age with the waiting...
/snigger
>..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 was told it cost my parents a small fortune and it was to be treated
like gold.
It's a hard cover, green (linen looking) and about 2 inches thick.
You never kept yours??.... Obviously.../snicker....
/ducks... /laff
>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!
>
I went to the "big library" fer that. Many more "hits" in the S's at
the big library... /laff
>Try looking up "fook".. which is how my Dad pronounced
>the word.. and fecking?
>
And shut... try fookin' shut...you butch... ROFL
Swearing just becomes an exercise in hilarity at my house with a non
Australian born Husband.
He picks His battles carefully... /laff
>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'..!
>
It's fookin' hill at this address /laff.
It's no wonder we don't argue... I can never keep a straight face!!
rofl
>>/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>
>
Aye, you got a hat!! /laff
You can leave that on.... /grin
>>>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" :->
>
/checks foil fer sharpness... let 'em try...
I ain't in "some places". I don't hang around with illiterates.
I don't ever recall being flamed by anyone with any flicker of
intelligence.
>>Say what you mean, mean what you say!
>>
>ASCII makes no change to that. It is the read that
>determines.
>
And.... Your point??
Having 5 people take 5 different meanings to the one emoticon is just
silly.
It's "the read" that has Barry trying to get rid of 5000 bombs.
It's "the read" that had the Dow plummeting today.../laff.
Someone can't tell the diff between a B (billion) and an M (million).
/laff
> There is always room to expand ones vocabulary.. boring otherwise?
>
Since when did emoticons become a vocabulary??
Never been told my vocab was "boring" or limited in any way... I
should give up my budding career as a short story writer then...
Yes??...
Have a read of most of those emoticons!!
The first one being a prime example!
:) Happy
and
Leper
A leper?? Since when did lepers ever smile??
I get the impression that the nose has fallen off the leper... choice.
And don't even start me on these. I have seen these used as a "kiss my
ars3" type salute...
:-# Blowing a kiss
:-* Blowing a kiss
:-x Blowing a kiss
No... one can get very confused with emoticons in a group situation!
/laff
>/snip
>
>>>>King of very strange wording.
>>>>
>>>
>>Eh... never were truer words spoken... ROFL
>>
>I thought it bloody clever too..!
>
I thought Herself meant "kind of very strange wording"...
It just stroked your ego better as "King"... mehehe.
>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!
>
Just over a hundred years too late.../laff
We are almost up to 12...yeah, Queen Charles.../laff
>>>[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>
>
Still stinging is that??.../grin
>>>I 'speak' English, Nieve.
>>>
>>Debatable!
>>
>Ok.. I concede.. change that to "I _am able to_ speak
>English".. mheh
>
When you choose!
>>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>
>
Or swap C's for S's (Defence)... /grin
>>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??
>
They didn't... /laff. Obviously on the wrong side!
The only survivor was a Yankee horse, yes??
>>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 :-)
>
We just choose to "posh" it up a bit.../grin
>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...!
>
/tap tap... /laff... I haven't spoken to one in a loooooooong time.
Must be ringing the wrong number...
/grin
8-D
HEY!!! What's with the "center" thing???
No "center" in my Pocket Oxford... yours??
/touch butt...../sizzle...
(No correspondence will be entered into...rofl)
> /snip
>
>>>We will understand you.. no problem :-)
>>>
>>Yeah, more culture than yoghurt, down here.../grin
>>
>In New South Wales?
>
>"enguarde..!"
>
>/snuckles
>
Aye... we don't have mould... we have culture.
Unlike up your ways... rofl
Way too fond of your mould are you.
/swish, parry, lunge...
[...]
>>>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 :->
>
Diddun know what a pinkie was. Have never got one. I pay my bills!
/laff
>>No wonder ppl can't understand us.../laff
>>
>Yet we have no problem with others.. even West Aussies <g>
>Weird , eh?
>
I found Sandgropers lovely, had a lovely time in Freemantle and Perth!
Had a little trouble with the Croweaters.
Now they! They are a different crowd altogether! /laff
>>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
>
Has to be... a very enjoyable "party"???
How... um ... civilised.../laff
It's not a "party" ... in anyone's language... rofl
>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 :-/
>
The illiterates??!!
>>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" :->
>
From what I have gleaned, your B&S's up there are vastly different to
a rural one down here. They are rugged down here.
Rough as guts.
>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 :-)
>
Wrong on the first count. B&S's make the front page of our local rag
for just that reason.
>>Never been to one myself... one could get hurt, very badly!! /laff
>>
>naaaaah.. unless you NooSoufWellies do stuff rough, like :-)
>
No Northern Sissy type dance "party" down here...
>>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.
>
Most people like to keep what they buy down here... not have it end up
in shreds or with a cigarette burn in the back of it.
As for "making it"??... GenY?? The "throw away" generation?? Surely
you jest??
Yeah... I can see GenY's sewing into the night "up your way"... sure.
Recycling sugar sacks or teatowels to make that special Cinderella
dress for their big debut?? /rolls eyes.
/chortle
>>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
>
That is also something I have observed up your way. The amount of
"oldies" (Mums and Dads) who go to your B&S's for crowd control.
They would not be allowed in down here! /laff
It's still very much a "Contiki Tour" type age group thing.
>>>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 :-)
>
Nieve has and will continue to do so.
Your fanboi is still stuck in that MOE timewarp of Y2K misery.
>Phewwwww.. that delivery was work<g>
>
Whining Queenslanders... whinge if yer bum was on fire.../laff
>.. back to ye :-)
>
I'll take pity on yer taped up fingers.... /laff
Pixie :-))
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