Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:55:51 +0800
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] O/T Libretto110 MP3

At 06:41 AM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:20:33 -0600 (CST)
>From: Tina Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [LIB] O/T Libretto110 MP3
>
>"buggerall" is brit for "no f__king" (in american)
>
>yippee, i'm bilingual...

Don't get too happy ... in Australian its closer to 'very little' and nowhere near as 
rude ... professors can get away with saying 'You can discard that term, its pretty 
much buggerall' but saying '... its pretty much no f__king' not only sounds weird, 
it'll get them into trouble!

Having said that, I have heard that during the 2k Sydney Olympics, one of the 
catchcries in the US was "Don't Bonk" ... slogans of that nature appeared on a variety 
of merchandise that unsuspecting American tourists wore around Sydney Olympic Park. 
That elicted real weird responses here because in Australia (and until I saw that 
advertisment, I assumed this was the same in America), 'bonk' == 'f__k' ... so "Don't 
Bonk" really DOES mean "No F__king"!


- Raymond

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