Posted by John Nichols on October 23, 2003 at 19:03:08 from 165.91.196.181 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Social Obstacles, RP & good old Cook posted by Robert Dilley on October 23, 2003 at 17:36:29:
Oz strine:
No Oz strine is dying a slow death. Our language is becoming much more of the Universal English. There is still the accent but it is not bad.
The ABC really homogenized Aussie English and CNN is finishing the trick.
I still cop a lot from Anne about my soft words and that I do not inflect enough (whatever she means) I am supposed to say Beerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hard not beer.
I have just started to read Riddle of the Sands. Seems like a Buchan book. - Please do not spoil it and tell me the plot.
I also got Racunda first cruise and Knight Cruising Story.
The Swallows was good this morning. I missed yesterdays teaching.
Finally : DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ART MUSEUM THAT HAS THE 1820's PICTURE OF LANEHEAD IN THE COLLECTION:
And I got Jibbooms and Bobstays.
There Beckfoot is a bit out. But such is the fun of Ransome.
John