Ah, such plank-men we have here in Australia too, L, on both sides of the political divide. And blokes are even more bountiful. yoof, however, totally new coinage to me.
Bill
> On 16 Apr 2015, at 1:29 am, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Aha.
> Much us I approve Canadians - the better sort, of course - I am more used
> to hearing Aussies who, in my yoof, were free with the word
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> I am not sure that is the case so much now
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> advice please?
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> but certainly it seems to me that here SE UK it is still current
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> Excuse me, have you seen the Conservative Party speakers?
> Sure. See those blokes tied to planks?
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>> On 15 April 2015 at 16:21, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It is, indeed, but not over here, so just, I guess, localized it all even
>> more than usual...
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>> Doug
>> On Apr 15, 2015, at 9:10 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
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>>> I'm trying to resist the temptation to (jokingly) say it (or everything)
>> is
>>> a thriller...
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>>> Bloke - what do you mean that it took you off guard? It's a
>>> conscious-unconscious jump in register; but the word is part of my every
>>> day diction - and of those around me
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>>> L
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>>>> On 15 April 2015 at 15:55, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> Yes, I see it well enough, but 'blokes' caught this Canadian a bit off
>>>> guard, especially when 'tied' to those planks. AM I watching a thriller,
>>>> understated?
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>>>> But the 'but' made sense to me...
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>>>> Doug
>>>> On Apr 15, 2015, at 4:53 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> a wooden table under a shady tree;
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>>>>> a leg of lamb on a blue plastic armchair
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>>>>> beside the table but in sun; two blokes
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>>>>> tied to planks on the other side of the street,
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>>>>> also in the sun, to teach them to sing out;
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>>>>> an empty violin case, laid upon
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>>>>> a white washing machine, made almost
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>>>>> invisible by its own glare; a car
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>>>>> beneath two adjacent trees, reaching
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>>>>> from trunk to trunk; a smoking barbecue;
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>>>>> a cream waste bin; a bonfire not yet lit
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>>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>> There is no life that does not rise
>>>> melodic from scales of the marvelous.
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>>>> To which our grief refers.
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
>> (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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>> There is no life that does not rise
>> melodic from scales of the marvelous.
>>
>> To which our grief refers.
>>
>> Robert Duncan.
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