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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i would like to enter a guess for Brizzie as "Brisbane". (i know, you thought i was going to say beer !)
cockie : cockatiel, then ! (or is it beer ?)
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Cockie has multiples, but the one I'm thinking of is actually the name of something that is decidedly "American".
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dunny, all right, so is durry duvet then ? i know it's something like that... (is it cheating if i ask my (australian) friend naomi ?)
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I'm your friend too! You can tell by the way I'm not helping.
(no, "durry" is not a duvet/doona).
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
tinny - a tin ear, as in doesn't hear musical notes from other tones ??
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No, but good guess. Clearly you've heard Kasey Chambers sing.
I'll give you this one. Yep, it's that city just down the road from me (about 1.5 hours, where my brother lives).
This one's a bit unfair - you've got to listen to the sound (which you've got, right on the nose) rather than the spelling, and extrapolate from that.
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...All are just semi-educated (or un- ) guesses.
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Much like our education system?
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
cockies = cocker spaniel ??
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Oddly, if we are/I am to shorten that, I/we would just say "a cocker", rather than "cockie".
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Originally Posted by kennyc
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Coincidentally, a significant bit of "literature" in Australia's history is a book about an Italian immigrant coming to Oz, taking a job as a brickie, and writing about his experiences. Though the book was pseudonymously authored by said Italian, it was actually written by a 100% Irish Catho'.
It was called,
They're a Weird Mob.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Here's a good one:
Brown-eyed mullet
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SneakySnake has the drum..."blind mullet" is most popular, though I can see yours being used too - might be a regional thing.
Cheers,
Marc