British Expats - when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)

- - when your accent becomes a figure of speech (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/when-your-accent-becomes-figure-speech-945237/)

Oink	Dec 21st 2022 8:39 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Tinpusher63 (Post 13161243)

Well sh*t, I go away for two and half years and the first thread I look at it's like I've never been away.
Looks like about half the contributors are the same old reprobates that were here when I left.

No we're not.

Tinpusher63

Dec 21st 2022 8:46 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 13161277)

No we're not.

Oh yes you are. :p
Oh by the way did you ever get that Revelstoke photo printed?

dbd33

Dec 21st 2022 9:26 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Tinpusher63 (Post 13161243)

Far fewer contributors now.

Tinpusher63

Dec 21st 2022 9:42 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 13161282)

Far fewer contributors now.

Certainly appears that way. Not a lot of new threads or replies.

BristolUK

Dec 21st 2022 12:11 pm

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Tinpusher63 (Post 13161284)

Certainly appears that way. Not a lot of new threads or replies.

Some of us moved to where the action is. The general part. :nod:

scrubbedexpat134

Dec 25th 2022 8:26 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 13158233)

What are some of the current Austalianisms (old and new) still in use ? Have any fallen out of favour over the decades ?

Watch a few episodes of Rake and you will hear every politically incorrect Australianisms there is, a new one on me was "clacker".

Gordon Barlow

Dec 28th 2022 7:55 am

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 13158233)

What are some of the current Austalianisms (old and new) still in use ? Have any fallen out of favour over the decades ?

The word "Pommie" for a British immigrant - or maybe just an English immigrant; it's flexible - is still very much in vogue. We had a bit of a squabble in the "Back in the Day" thread on the Rest of the World Forum about whether Pommie was insulting or not.

My post #144 there is relevant to the argument, if you want to check it out. I grew up in Australia, and don't use the word myself, because I think it is insulting more often than not. As with other names for foreigners (also mentioned in the thread), much depends on the way it's said - the sentiment behind it. Referring to someone as a Pommie B-WORD is a certain insult: otherwise, maybe not.

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