>Message text written by a Wallace
>>Luckily someone has come out with a Canadian dictionary - it used to be
>quite difficult trying to remember whether we spell a word the American way
>
>or the British way.
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>
>Excuse me?!! You'd spell it the CANADIAN way!
All this is very interesting, but none of you can match the beauty of
the Austrailan Language, fortunately I have a very good friend who
sent my an English/American/Canadian translation booklet that I can
highly recommend. It is titled: Lets Stalk Strine, by Afferbeck
Lauder. Just an excerpt...
Dingo: A word with two separate, unrelated meanings.
When intoned with equal emphasis on the syllables it is the
negative response to the question "Jeggoda?" As in:
Q: Jeggoda the tennis?
A: Nar, dingo. Sorten TV.
When, however, the emphasis is on the first syllable,
dingo becomes a parliamentary term of mild reproof.
With all due apologies to my good Aussie Myte...Air Vice Marshall McDermott.
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Bill Pugh
Two @ Home
anabil@caltel.com
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