On 25/09/2009, at 4:20 AM, Jo Anne wrote:
Charlie wrote:
A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an
orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :)
ROFL! Now it's *perfectly* clear. What the heck is a biccie?
Biccie is biscuit in the same way that sarnie is sandwich.
What's that
Churchill phrase about two nations separated by a common language?
Yes.
Australian English has its oddness (swimmers do laps here, not
lengths, there are two kinds of "footie" but neither of them are
played with your feet (that's "soccer") and thongs are footwear...!),
but it's a lot closer to the mother tongue than American.
Charlie.
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