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at the end of words to describe people.

lastest is a "boatie" describing a person who has fallen overboard in Wellington harbour

then you have "bikie" to describe members of bike gangs. :confused:

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It is Kiwi style English. That is the thing with being a world language - people do weird things to it. You should see what people in Germany do to your language. I pity English speaking expats living there ;)

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Isn't a bikie, a child's word for biscuit! :)

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No.

That would be a bikkie.

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Lol, point taken BEVS

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It's gone on for years, taken from the Australian need to pronounce everything with something at the end. Eskie, Wazza, Bazza, Jezza. It was the convicts way of communicating.

Bikie, boatie etc.

Obviously it became more advanced.

There is no hidden meaning nor ignorance behind it. Convict language is here to stay.

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:rofl:

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Have you read 'The deadly shore'? The most harrowing book I've ever read. I love reading, this was one of the best.

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I do recommend "the deadly shore". Such a fascinating read. It shows the atrocities people went through.

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Not getting at anyone, but why is that so funny?

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why is convict language so funny? why is what they went through so funny?

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My great grand dad lost all the skin off his back from being whipped. he was deported for stealing bread.

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He didn't laugh. He hated it.

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ok seemed to have hit a nerve. sorry

the actual sentence "convict language is here to stay" made me laugh. I was just thinking of prison talk and nothing else.

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:p