All right, all right. I strike my colors and surrender my sword. Next thing, you'll be telling me that this isn't an old, established Australian tradition.
If nothing else, my post prompted this interesting essay by TimT.
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If scantily clad chicks chasing each other around a track isn't an old, established tradition, it should be.
ReplyDeleteFirst time in Oz I picked up a book, "Let Stalk Strine." It helped immensely in understanding the quaint patois of the locals. I graduated to Kevin Bloody Wilson and eventually, after long and careful study, was able to blend in.
ReplyDeleteJeff: I think it ought to be an international competition; maybe an Olympic event.
ReplyDeleteThere's an idea, Paco!
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ReplyDelete" 'kenoaf "
ReplyDelete- Haven't heard that since I was a kid. Actually we used to articulate it a bit clearer as " f-ckenoath ".
And that would still be an abbreviation of 'My (emphasised) Oath!'
Again derived from 'I give you my sacred oath'.
Or if you prefer, 'kenoaf!
I remember at an academy I worked at a few years ago, one of the head honchos told me in a meeting that he wanted me to teach American phonetic sounds (e.g. how we pronounce the "o" on "hot" compared to the yanks) to my young phonics class.
ReplyDeleteI just stared at him blankly and informed him if he wanted that, why didn't the academy get one of the two American teachers there to do the class?