AVR-Chat

I'm a blond haired blue eyed Auzzy and I don't find "Down Under" at 
all afencive at all. It's a common saying.
If your and Aussy and you find it affencive. LEAVE.
And you might want to abuse the group "Men at Work" for writting the 
song too on the way out. 
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/men-at-work/91747.html
It's as Aussy as "Giday Mate"
Re Aussy Slang Dictionary.
"noun:- Australia, THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! Can also be used to 
indicate the southern hemisphere."

http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-d.asp?page=4

Now back to AVR's

Rod


--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Don Ingram <don@...> wrote:
>
> A generic term which causes no offence at all. Poster was 
attempting satirical 
> humour...
> 
> lcdpublishing wrote:
> > Uh-oh,  "Down Under" is a put down?  I never realized that at 
all.  I 
> > always thought it referred to as being on the southern half of 
the 
> > planet we all live on.
> > 
> > If it is a put down, could someone clarify this and explain what 
it 
> > actually means?  I communicate with many folks all over the 
planet and 
> > I certainly don't want to use certain phrases that I believed to 
be 
> > harmless when in fact they are nasty.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>>> It's just that we in Australia are sensitive to being put down 
> > (Eg.
> >>>> references to being "down under") and naturally have the 
desire 
> > to set
> >>>> things straight.
> > 
> >
>