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Too right Rod. Those galahs who feel put down by "Down-Under" are madder 
than a box of frogs.

Fair suck of the sauce bottle when people get so offended by mere words. 
So what if every Sepo says "Down Under" when here on holiday?  We still 
love the bastards :) (thanks for helping with the Battle of Coral Sea btw)

I could continue with more "normal" aussie talk but I'm flat out like a 
lizard drinking at the moment and don't have the time to spare.

:)

Nigel (Dingo_aus)

P.S. for the international community: No sane Australian would think of 
down-under as an insult but then again, no one in Australia uses the 
term either :) if we did it would be as "Up-Over" I suppose :)




rod_parsons wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
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