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Old 25-Jun-2007, 20:22
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Default Re: Slang Questionnaire

G'day MindStorm,
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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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