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Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: Aussie Vegemite. How I fooled customs.

2006-02-28 by erikc

N S wrote:
> 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 :)

Actually, I would call it "Top Side".  :D


erikc
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