On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:11:45 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2019 08:24:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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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" >
> >> wrote:
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> >> >
> >> >"Bruce" wrote in message
> >> .. .
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> >> >On Mon, 13 May 2019 09:07:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>John Kuthe wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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!"
> >> >>
> >> >>I often say "No worries" and "G'day"
> >> >
> >> >No worries is used a lot.
> >> >
> >> >==
> >> >
> >> > Up here they say, nae boather ... )
> >>
> >> Maybe I can try that here too. There are a lot of people from Scottish
> >> background here
> >>
> >> 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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> >
> > 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

That's goofy as hell. My guitar teacher had a teacher that had a mandolin orchestra. Those guys were German - the most Caucasian people on the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzJvq9A7AHg