Snap Shot

Is it similar to the book, 'The Fatal Shore' ? I read the book, 'The Recruiting Officer' (both those books have the same author,) as an 'A' level text a few years ago at evening classes.

'The Fatal Shore' was read by someone in class who chose to read it as background reading, she said it was quite an eye opener.

Both books have examples of how shocked at the judgement and punishment the Ab Originies have of the 'Christians' back then.

The Ab Orginies had more idea regarding sun protection and insect repellent than the early settlers too.

Anyway

Snap Shot

Also: Boardie for skateboarders. The list goes on and on.

It also used to get to me the letter 'a' or the phrase, 'eh' at the end of words i.e. Better phone the AA eh ?

j19fmm

[QUOTE=Snap Shot;11064813the phrase, 'eh' at the end of words i.e. Better phone the AA eh ?[/QUOTE]

My 16 daughter says a sentence is better with an eh at the end, sort of rounds it off!!!!

northeastlad

It's an ancient Germanic diminutive suffix, indicating something is small.

Over the thousand-or-so years Old English has evolved into the modern English we speak today, we use it now along similar lines for endearment.

The kiwis especially have picked it up from Scots roots/Northern English where it's equally common (we also have boaties). Like Scots, Kiwis use "-ie" more than the Aussies who tend to add "-o" to words, like "arvo".

It's related to Dutch "-je" which they use the same way: a small "koek" (cake) is a "koekje" (cookie; where we get our word for it from).

Bo-Jangles

You can call it what you like but it essentially takes adult conversation down to the level of a toddler.

No more beersies for you!