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ladysailor > wrote in news:ce196898-2c28-4e75-
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> On Dec 20, 3:26 pm, sf > wrote:
>
>> What's the truck called? A rusty "what"?

>
> It's a ute, short for utility vehicle. We've been here for almost
> four months and I'm just now figuring out the lingo. Seems
> everything is shortened. Air Con = Air Conditioner, Chrissy =
> Christmas, Brekky = Breakfast. I can't think of anymore just now but
> you get the idea.
>




You'll rack off back home speaking like a true blue Aussie :-)


http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-a.asp


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Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your home,
though it will not be where you left it.