tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post2205942719188228238..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: 'We're not Chechnya!'mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-62206378799392207002013-04-22T21:05:19.193-04:002013-04-22T21:05:19.193-04:00Ben,
I really don't know. The '60s is ju...Ben,<br /><br />I really don't know. The '60s is just too distant. You'd have to pick terms appropriate for your characters, education and background and so on. Australia is a big country and expressions vary. 'Guys and gals' sounds 'safe'.bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-1664385318229126812013-04-22T19:03:17.342-04:002013-04-22T19:03:17.342-04:00Thanks again.
Can you tell me what Australians w...Thanks again. <br /><br />Can you tell me what Australians would say in place of "lad" or "lass"? Guy and girl? Guy and gal?<br /><br />BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-46560650474519796142013-04-22T18:22:01.996-04:002013-04-22T18:22:01.996-04:00Georgie,
Another one of your pop ideas coming fro...Georgie,<br /><br />Another one of your pop ideas coming from a YouTube video, eh? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I prefer to get my information from books, which at least allow me to think about what is printed, reread it, check the facts, etc, whereas in a video, the 'facts' are transitory.bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-26753869956557508642013-04-22T18:15:55.516-04:002013-04-22T18:15:55.516-04:00Ben,
'Lad' and 'lass' aren't ...Ben,<br /><br />'Lad' and 'lass' aren't common expressions in Australia. It's more of a local English expression.<br /><br />Petrol sniffing is endemic in remote Aboriginal areas, around Kalgoolie in WA, in the Northern Territory and central Australia. Recorded first in 1951, so it's plausible for the '60s.bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-6515988839186804132013-04-22T14:51:24.167-04:002013-04-22T14:51:24.167-04:00And another thing: is it common in Australian Engl...And another thing: is it common in Australian English to use the words "lad" and "lass"?<br /><br />BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-1389522170138886862013-04-22T09:58:25.260-04:002013-04-22T09:58:25.260-04:00WARNING: Off-Topic
But timely. Here's another...WARNING: Off-Topic<br /><br />But timely. Here's another case of <i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwK7VRkbGiU" rel="nofollow">Progressive tattletales</a></b></i>...<br /><br />It's always the Progressive sissy-boys who make the best bootlicking informers.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-12775596273420677332013-04-22T08:52:29.995-04:002013-04-22T08:52:29.995-04:00Bachfiend,
Do Aborigines have a thing about huff...Bachfiend, <br /><br />Do Aborigines have a thing about huffing petrol? Do you think they did in the 1960s as well, or as that a newer development?<br /><br />BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-42878732726747410032013-04-22T08:40:40.277-04:002013-04-22T08:40:40.277-04:00Americans are also noted for their unfamiliarity w...Americans are also noted for their unfamiliarity with foreign languages. Why, even the President Lackwit admitted he didn't know any Austrian, and the Clintoon State Department mistranslated the word "reset" into the Russian equivalent of "overcharge" in a broadly televised display of... [ahem] <i>Smart Power</i>.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-5945970663316031962013-04-22T07:45:36.650-04:002013-04-22T07:45:36.650-04:00The scary part is that some of those ten percent o...The scary part is that some of those ten percent of Americans might even live in Georgia! Wait a second, did someone stick a new state somewhere between South Carolina and Tennessee?<br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-61802461770085632452013-04-22T07:41:32.966-04:002013-04-22T07:41:32.966-04:00Probably, but your ten percent might be a little l...Probably, but your ten percent might be a little low. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-77973819855496184382013-04-22T06:54:54.625-04:002013-04-22T06:54:54.625-04:00If they'd said that Chechnya was next door to ...If they'd said that Chechnya was next door to Georgia, probably 10% of Americans would reckon it was located in the United States...bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-75346822239208114952013-04-22T06:10:02.284-04:002013-04-22T06:10:02.284-04:00Americans aren't known for their keen sense of...Americans aren't known for their keen sense of geography. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-64383510152658258002013-04-22T06:02:40.892-04:002013-04-22T06:02:40.892-04:00My wife's from Taiwan. You wouldn't believ...My wife's from Taiwan. You wouldn't believe how many people think that she speaks Thai and must cook great Thai food. I've had to explain this about a million times.<br /><br />BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com