On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 09:07:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Master Bruce wrote:
>> Graham wrote:
>>
>>> Master Bruce wrote:
>>>> Sheila however:
>>>> Sheila was the 2072nd most popular girls name.
>>>> In 2019 there were only 90 baby girls named Sheila.
>>>> 1 out of every 20,254 baby girls born in 2019 are named Sheila.
>>>
>>> Even in Australia?
>>
>> Without going to Google or Wikipedia, I've never met or even heard of
>> a woman who was actually called Sheila,
>
>I suspect Graham was referring to adjective Sheila.
>Aren't all women in Australia referred to as a Sheila?
>At least that's what we westerners have been told.

Yes, but I hardly ever hear it used. What's very Australian and used
all the time is "mate" and "No worries". Some men add "mate" to every
second sentence they say to me.