| To: | vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net |
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| Subject: | RE: AUS - Wet Amaroo |
| From: | jeh@world.std.com (jim hayes) |
| Date: | Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:06:08 -0500 |
> > No, it is fairly common in Australia for people to use, usually in = > speech, a diminutive/shortened form of a word(s), so it is perfectly = > acceptable. Thus, flag marshals (flaggies), fire marshals (firies), = > Alan Jones (Jonesie), Bob Hawke (Hawkie), etc. > Ah yes, back in the 60s we used the same idea in the States, where we called our decorative pit crew "pit poopsies".... jeh@fotec.com http://www.fotec.com/jim.htm veni, vidi, veloce |
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