On 6 Apr 2005 at 11:56, Butch Black wrote: > OK. I've got to ask. What does Cheers, big ears mean is Strine? I would > occasionally get called big ears back in the 80's when I was a musician > playing the Boston blues scene. That was a compliment which meant that I > heard and reacted to what was going on around me musically. I assume this is > not > the same meaning. :)
Aussies have their own brand of rhyming that has roots back to colonization. I probably just shouldn't have used it on an international list as it could and was likely taken out of context. It doesn't mean anything as such, I just applied it purely as jovial way to sign off, in it's definitely not meant to be derogatory, there is even a local band by the name. See how non-specifically it's used in the following contexts: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_547200.htm http://www.wog.com.au/article_main.asp?ArticleId=117 Cheers, er um, lets leave it at that :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
