Well, while we’re on the topic of the BBC website, Dave, I don’t really
buy this:
http://www.test.bbc.com/culture/story/20150427-pervs-greenies-and-ratbags
As an Australian who lived in London for nearly five years, it’s quite
clear where we Australians got ‘mate’ and ‘bloody’ from. I don’t buy that
some of the others are Australian: ‘selfie’ may have first been recorded
in Australia, but I suspect it was created independently in multiple parts
of the English speaking world.
Cheers,
Adam
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On 6/05/2015 20:41, "Dave Sayers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I thought this might tickle VAR-Lers:
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32593735
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>Dave
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