Gayne C. Young of ³Outdoor Life² made a shocking discovery: Australians speak differently!
For one thing, an Australian referred to a barramundi fish as a ³barra². How confusing can that be? Like calling a refrigerator a fridge, or a telephone a phone, or Santa Claus Santa. And another thing, they spell differently. How dare they spell realise with an ³s² or colouration with an extra ³u²! However, the worst thing was this: ³Unfortunately for me, Australians also use the metric system which means I have to do math to covert the measurements to standard for my readers.² ³Once hooked, the giant quickly ripped through 80m (about 262 feet in the real world) of 30-pound braided line before crashing across the lake surface. ³When I heard it crash, I knew it was a big fish,² Harrold detailed to the Australian media before throwing out his ³barra² and ³snodger² comment. Harrold¹s monster weighed an incredible 44.6kg (about 98 pounds) and measured 135cm (almost 4 12 feet). Its girth was an astounding 107cm (about 3 12 feet). This beat the previous barramundi record taken in 1999 from Lake Tinaroo, Queensland by almost 7kg (I¹m through converting numbers).² Now how exotic is that! But don¹t take my word for it. Read the original at http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin/2011/01/world-record-barramundi Best wishes, Michael Glass
