On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:57:07 -0600, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word or > > something. > > Woop Woop: > > Noun - see also "Back o' Bourke' and 'Beyond the Black Stump' > > There's even a movie called "Welcome to Woop Woop" -see > > http://www.iig.com.au/film/welcomewoop.html > > (but it might not make much sense to non-Aussies...... hell, it > doesn't make much sense to me!) >
I was sent a Strine dictionary by a list-member from Oz, sometime back. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through it, but didn't bookmark it, thinking that it would never come in handy again. I was wrong. Thanks for the "translation", guys! <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
