May 29, 2006

• I'da called 'em chazzwozzers.
• If one counted one's ones, one would would have eight.
• The Tribe?
• We may not spell it out in our profiles, but you will find that most of the people commenting negatively on the use of "Aussie words" in that particular thread, are in fact part of the Australian tribe. I believe the main issue is that often you will see phrases of the Strine interspersed within posts and comments on the MoFi, it borders on anti-communication to post in vernacular so extreme that even members of the same tribe feel it is tiresome to read. In addition I am a lot more conscious of communicating on a more even level with potentially non-native English speakers and so tend to shy away from more base language in the context of the internet.
• Sorry gomi, I didn't understand a word of that. I'm sure it sounds lovely to hear you say it, but this is text, y'know?
• layne, don't make me circulate those photographs honey.
• Writing in dialect is seldom a good idea.
• i know this guy who spent years studying the communist manifesto. he spent so much time at this that he absorbed some of the textual patterns into his way of speaking, such that they arise every so often to interrupt his normal conversation. he eventually saw a speech therapist, who said there's nothing to be done. he's just got to learn to live with his marxist-dialect-tic.
• Ha!
• I'd like to say that I am enlightened by that remark, but I simply Kant.
• Fair dinkum? i like to whistle "waltzing mathilda" whilst tossing a few prawns on the barbie, mate.
• Ach, let monkeys write any way they like. The aim's usually to communicate, but entertainment, ornamentation, or obfuscation can also be among a writer's aims. Mind, the obfuscation part pretty well takes of itself, once enough comments are generated. Just don't expect everyone to read/grasp everything ye say: why, it's like Real Life!
• ...but without commercial interruptions.
• I like it. It is perfectly readable. And it is pretty. Very few written communications are pretty to the minds ear. Can you stop complaining about it please. It is seldom a good idea to keep on whining like a lonely pup. If you find it tiresome to read, allow your eye/s to skip a dreegre; south. Truth be told I find couplets annoying and Haiku irritating. I got over it.
• I think I have it figured out. you just put on "ie" "er" and an "s" on the end of your words. An example; I'd like some macaroni and cheese Translated, Oi mate gimme some mackers and yellow roo poopie. See it's simple
• "yellow roo poopie?!?! Cummon, ya had ta twitch a bit when ya rote that one. Or, at least I hope you didn.
• Mayhap you chaps and chapettes should read The Hairy Ape before you decide how posts should be written. If you can't understand what they're saying, then they might not be speaking to you ...
• First, i'm gonna apologise to Beeswacky coz I reckon he's a bloody good poet, but i couldn't resist havin a go at this. I reckon i will never see a Monkey Filter inna tree like swacky with his rhyming Bee swingin on his poetry Leaping past ascerbic Chy asbestos tongue he's dipped in lye and smoothly Path is flyin by that BasilDrak's mangled "g'dai" Wolof snarls his added 'oh' spits feathers out from eatin crow as Cariolisdave, ya know reads Roryk's words by candleglow A bash of keys and Tracicle gains order from the farcical that Kiwi accent's comical but her brain's sized astronomical That Jeraboam's bloody odd but Gomichild's worked out the sod Es el questro gives the nod and Randomaction makes it quod Islander's a real good sort Skrik huffs his derisive snort Quidnunc kid does as he aught & Nickdanger types a careful thought I ran outta inspiration. Goodonya Jezza.
• Very nice.
• spits feathers out from eatin crow That is a great image, "Wolof" notwithstanding.
• (Just in case you don't know) "Croweaters" is a nickname for South Australians.
• Huh. No, I did not know that. Is that anything like Redneck?
• No not really. It's originally (I believe) from the State bird being a Piping Shriek. Queenslanders are known as Banana Benders (?), Victorians as erm something involving mud and so on. Just a reference to the people of each different state. Wolof is from South Australia - hence a "Croweater".
• *oops that would be "Piping Shrike" which has been known to shriek on occasion.
• If a band were called Piping Shriek, would they do bubblegum rock, or what? I really need to know.
• A handsome poem there, BasilDrak! Have some )))!!! Eaten a lot of crow in my time, Wolof - though none from Oz. This Piping Shriek: would that be a shrike of some sort, and not a Highlander needing to replace the reed in his chanter?
• hmm it's actually tricky to find a complete list of these State/Territory nicknames. South Australians - Croweaters Western Australians - Sandgropers Queenslanders - Banana Benders Ah-HA here is a list http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Australian_words Not sure how correct that is though. Never heard anyone refer to Victorians as "Mexicans".
• Cool, I didn't know that. I love learning random junk on MoFi. Thanks as always, gomichild. I found the corresponding page on NZ English too, and was surprised at how many of those I say regularly but would never use on MoFi. I always wondered why Aussies called duvets "doonas". It's a Xeroxed term.
• The Tribe is the best television show with a post-apocalyptic setting and child actors EVAR!!! As an adult, I am ashamed to say I am totally obsessed with the show. I'm so happy that the rest of the seasons of the show are finally being released on DVD even if I have to import them.
• Skookum poem, eh? Care for a Timbit?
• islander, are you referring to Timbits? My friends and I were going to have a contest to see how many of those they could "cram into their heads," but then we sobered up. I still think it would be pretty funny.
• From gomichild's link: budgie smugglers – men's brief-style swimwear hee hee.
• Aye, meredithia, them's the ones. Best washed down with a large double-double.
• My partner reads a lot of romance fiction set in the Regency period. I say read, she actually pops them like tictacs. She keeps unconciously dropping archaisms into our conversations, like 'rake' and so on. I can't think of any examples now, but take my word for it - it's interesting and hilarious.
• She isn't considering leaving you and marrying one of her cousins is she? Just wondering since nearly all the old British novel's I've read seem to feature cousins in love/getting married.
• That's a very specialist type of historical literature you've got there. We Brits invented Jane Austen slash fanfic. "Mr Darcy! I hardly think.. oh!"
• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must want to marry his cousin.
• muteboy don't take this wrong way, take a more active role in the relationship. Or just ignore me I was born during the 50's so what would I know about crazy pulp romance reading hipsters. {I was never one myself}, and when I say 50's I mean 11:50~ PM
• Doing it a bit brown, aren't you muteboy? (All seasons of The Tribe on DVD?! 'Bout time!)
• Seamus Heaney offers some thoughts here on why/how using one's own language, even when it's a dialect, still matters.
• MonkeyFilter: Oi mate gimme some mackers and yellow roo poopie. More discussion, please.