"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 4:29:22 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Bruce" wrote in message
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> On Mon, 13 May 2019 21:31:54 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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> >"Bruce" wrote in message
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> >On Mon, 13 May 2019 09:07:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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> >>John Kuthe wrote:
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> >>> Bruce wrote:
> >>> > I know an expression that might be really Australian:
> >>> > "I'm flat out like three day old chunder."
> >>
> >>What does that mean, Bruce?
> >
> >I'm as flat (=busy) as 3 day old vomit.
> >
> >>> Good one!! I miss my Aussie housemates! I've retained a precious few
> >>> Aussieisms like "No worries!"
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> >>I often say "No worries" and "G'day"
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> >No worries is used a lot.
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> > Up here they say, nae boather ... )
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> Maybe I can try that here too. There are a lot of people from Scottish
> background here
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> One of the first times I heard "no worries" was from an Asian shop
> assistant. I said "Thanks" and she replied "No wollies".
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> Wollies??? lol that's a new one on me))
>
> Ahh wait a minutes ... was she a bit short tongued and couldn't pronouns
> her RRRRs?

The old Hawaiians didn't care for Rs either. The Hawaiian alphabet consists
only of the 5 vowels and h, k, l, m, n, p, w. 12 letters. How they were able
to construct such a beautiful language out of such simple sounds is pretty
amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGjp-ySF44

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