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BunnyShark

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  1. Personally I find encouraging foreigners to think we are all still talking like Barry Crocker embarrassing.

     

    We have moved on as a nation & most of those ocker terms are no longer used. Sheila is a rather derogatory term I find & only people who remember living through WWII say some of those old sayings like 'strike a light'.

     

    I don't have a problem with informing them of the differences in words we actually use, like car boot instead of trunk, esky instead of cooler etc, but I certainly don't think we should be giving them the impression that the majority of Australians use a lot of the old slang on a regular basis.

     

    I don't welcome new people with 'How ya goin cobber?' complete with strong nasal accent, so I'll stick with something more contemporary & educated, & more importantly a honest representation of how we actually speak IMO.

     

    Just my thoughts on the subject.:)

     

    I agree....

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