I think they're great words, especially the dragonish sound of
'rip-snorter'. One Australian expression is in use in my family -
'stonkered' for 'full up'. Not sure where we got it from.
I remember a schoolfriend who had maps of Britain demarcated according to
the dialect words for 'alley' and 'the smallest pig in a litter'. Also he
told me that the Gloucestershire word for a date was 'rumsey-voosy' (from
rendezvous). You could probably do a world map on the words used in
different places for sneakers ('pumps' in the north of England, 'daps' in
Wales, 'tackies' in Zimbabwe).
Trying to write today with no success whatever.
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 12:56
Subject: Re: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
>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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