not if you are interested in the Australian vernacular,
and I speak as someone interested in the UK vernacular
whuch is even more various.
As for Will's question, see my poem posted this archive
21 May 2000, and note that at the time my brother
(and my family as a whole) were residentially bound
under a zoning recruiting system such that if any good
we had to play for Hawthorn.
My best childhood friend, Patrick, lived opposite
Glenferrie Oval when I was 10.
"Teach the free man how to praise"
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Francis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
> Is a rip-snorter the same as a ripper, and aren't there laws against
kicking
> them? Shouldn't they be allowed to get on with their rip-snorting in
peace?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Matthew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Tolhurst <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 30 July 2000 03:27
> Subject: Re: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
>
>
> >Oh, and to be fair, Andrew McLeod
> >who won a Norm Smith Medal for being
> >B-O-G in an AFL Grand Final (first koori
> >to do so, unless preceeded by Michael Long),
> >well he wears his Adelaide jumper with pride
> >and stirred a losing side
> >by screaming down the boundary line
> >to 50 metres out and kicking
> >a rip-snorter in the last Qtr.
> >
> >Best
> >
> >Hugh
> >
> >PS That cheered KF Pearson up quite a bit!
> >However Dr Jennifer Harrison tells me the Sydney
> >vs Richmond game was terrific stuff!
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Hugh Tolhurst <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 12:53 AM
> >Subject: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
> >
> >
> >>
> >> please pardon the acronyms:-
> >>
> >> 'B-O-G' in Australian Rules Football writing
> >> means 'Best on Ground'
> >>
> >> and Holland ended up kicking seven
> >> on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
> >>
> >> this post if for non-melbourne listees
> >> exclusively,
> >> for Sydney listees "you lot were bloody lucky
> >> to beat the Tigers by a point!"
> >>
> >> cheers in a plastic glass
> >>
> >> Hugh
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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