sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
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sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
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.
lastest is a "boatie" describing a person who has fallen overboard in Wellington harbour
then you have "bikie" to describe members of bike gangs.
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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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Re: sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
Isn't a bikie, a child's word for biscuit!
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Lol, point taken BEVS
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Re: sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
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.
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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Re: sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
I do recommend "the deadly shore". Such a fascinating read. It shows the atrocities people went through.
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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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Re: sorry but what is it with adding "ie'
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.
the actual sentence "convict language is here to stay" made me laugh. I was just thinking of prison talk and nothing else.
Last edited by MrsFychan; Jan 5th 2014 at 5:52 pm.