Re: Slang Questionnaire G'day MindStorm,
Aussie
Vic
Male
50
1. a What is language with no slang. A dictionary talking.
2. I do not understand 'proper names'. If you mean given name or christian names then no, I do not. There is no need.
My lingo is replete with more idiomatic sayings than you can poke a stick at so if I require descriptives I simply fall back into jargon or argot or rhyming slang like 'china' for 'friend' thus indicating friendlieness and understanding of the equality of humanity.
I consider that using given names as descriptives can be fraught with danger as for all I know the cobber I am shooting the breeze with has a favourite aunt named Ruth or best mate named Charlie and everybody in Australia knows many a Bruce and not all operate the sheepdip while teaching logical positivitism.
3.
Adam - No. Charlie - No. Betsy - No. Eyetie - NO! Offensive and derrogatory and meaningless. John Roscoe - No. Uncle Ned - No. Canuck - Yes. Perhaps monthly. No meaning other than Canadian. John - No. Agouraphobia - No. A word for shrinks. Judy - No. Maccy D's - No. Nip - NO! Very offensive!! Australia is too closely associated with Japanese people to suffer the use of this word. Uncle Tom - Absolutely not under any circumstances unless my earlobes were nailed to a wall. Aussie - Yup. At least daily on the net. Kraut - You must be kidding?? Barney - A blue or fight. Maybe twice a year. Sharon and Tracy - No. Circus - Yes. Not often. Jack - Yes. Many desciptives. A very useful word. Gunchester - No. Marks and Sparks - No. Joey - Yes. A young kid or child or baby roo or wallaby. Joey is a reasonably common Aussie nickname and is awarded for many reasons. Amerika - No. Faintly offensive. If I wish to offend Americans I have much more useful words at my disposal. Chink - NO! Not ever. See Nip. Most Aussies can not tell the difference betrween a Nip and a Chink so we aviod both words like the bigoted terms they are. Windy city - No. Barney - Been there, done that. Aunt Flo - No. Only heard that from an anal American. I got a shirtful of sore ribs. Jimmy - Yes. Batman and Robin - No. Sally - Very rarely to describe a member of The Salvation Army. Neutral. McGyver - No. Baldwin - No.
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