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- From: eddie@chpc.utexas.edu (G'day)
- Subject: Article in Gentlemen's Quarterly
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.152440.10515@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Keywords: an American perspective
- Organization: The University of Texas System CHPC
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:24:40 GMT
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- The article titled the Melbourne idenity can be found in the Dec. 1990 issue.
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- You're no fool. You know to get the edge in today's dog-eat-dog world of love
- and high finance, you need the right image. And you also know that if people
- think you're an Australian, BINGO! - you've got it made anywhere in America.
- Women automatically see you as a lean, hard frontiersman with a heart of gold.
- Men sense you're a tough ally who speaks his mind. Children think you can
- talk to the animals. The bloody b...... who wrote this is Mr. Teller an
- ex-teacher turned comedian. The reason I thought to post this was obviously
- the AO is in progress down under and HBO has shown Crocodile Dundee numerous
- times recently which made me wonder. Where is Walkabout Creek? :>).
- The article mentions some words we can use to pass ourselves off as dinkum
- Aussies (genuine Australians). Please direct flames (if any) to /dev/null :>).
- Yih, mate. (yes buddy). Ahrs-TRY-ya. (Australia). Fair dinkum. (On the level).
- Sickie. (Day off). wowers. (kill joys). drongo. (worthless moron).
- stickybeak. (nosy person). One of the best IMO is Na-ow warries! (No worries).
- Well... I hope you got a chuckle or two from this.
- Eddie
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- Eddie Hedges
- eddie@chpc.utexas.edu
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