On Thu, 16 May 2019 08:24:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"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."
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>> >>What does that mean, Bruce?
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>> >I'm as flat (=busy) as 3 day old vomit.
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>> >>> 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))
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>> Ahh wait a minutes ... was she a bit short tongued and couldn't pronouns
>> her RRRRs?
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>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.
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGjp-ySF44
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> Lovely

Reminds me of the music at a bar mitzva, only instead of an Arthur
Godfrey ukele they'd use a mandolin.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...66D1&FORM=VIRE