Posted by PeterH on June 05, 2006 at 10:20:23 from 86.144.113.80 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Swallowdale - Dixon-speak posted by David Bamford on June 05, 2006 at 01:48:45:
David - the Australian liking for diminutive word forms never ceases to amaze me. I have not heard 'rellies' before - 'relatives' I assume. Some years ago, a friend of mine married an Australian girl and they had three children. Their mother referred to them as 'the littlies'.