when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Dec 21st 2022, 8:39 pm

#46

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Originally Posted by Tinpusher63

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.

Dec 21st 2022, 8:46 pm

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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No we're not.

Oh yes you are.

Oh by the way did you ever get that Revelstoke photo printed?

Dec 21st 2022, 9:26 pm

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Far fewer contributors now.

Dec 21st 2022, 9:42 pm

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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Far fewer contributors now.

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

Dec 22nd 2022, 12:11 am

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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

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

Dec 25th 2022, 8:26 pm

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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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".

Dec 28th 2022, 7:55 pm

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Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

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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.