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Yank - slang for "Septic Tank"

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From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Kathy Quinlan
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:01 AM
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: Aussie Vegemite. How I fooled customs.

Russell Shaw wrote:

> Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> 
>>Russell Shaw wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ted Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Don,
>>>>I am sorry to tell you but many Australians do react to the
continual
>>>>use of "Down Under" by inhabitants of the Northern Hemisphere.
>>>>
>>>>Funnily enough, if an Aussie says it, there is no offence felt but
>>>>just watch the faces of Aussies when a "Yank" says it. (Common
>>>>reaction is "not another self opiniated Yank")
>>>>
>>>>Whereas the Aussie is not really offended (we are too good natured
for
>>>>that), it in effect downgrades the respect an Aussie has for the
>>>>utterer of the words.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't agree. You rarely hear a foreigner say "from down-under",
and
>>>when you do, makes you think they have some clue of the local slang.
>>>
>>>The "not another self opiniated Yank" really applies when a USAan
says
>>>something all too common like "we've got the best such-n-such in the
world".
>>>Utterances like "best democracy anywhere" evoke responces like "yeah
right,
>>>the best money can buy".
>>
>>We have a better health system :)
> 
> 
> What *Really, REALLY* gets up aussies noses is yank drug companies
trying
> to undermine the pharmaceutical benefits scheme which is even
acknowledged
> by US academics as the best drug administration system *anywhere*.
> 
> It prevents consumer confusion from old drugs being flogged as
something
> new and at a higher price, when equivalent generic drugs already exist
> with the same effectiveness.

Very true, we have the catapillar to thank for that :(


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