RE: [OT] Re: Referencing Nested Sequences
- Posted by Tony Steward <tsteward at dodo.com.au> Jun 09, 2003
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Yeah Mate were good at rhyming slang, Dogs Eye = Meat Pie Dead Horse = Tomato Source Hit the frog & toad = hit the road Sky Rocket = Hip Pocket Dog & Bone = Telephone A Captain Cook = Take A Look On my Pat Malone = I'm alone Pigs ear = beer Horse's hoof = Poof Oxford scholar = Dollar Bangers & mash = sausages & mashed potato Pigs in a blanket = sausage sandwich And there are many more Catcha later Tony Steward > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Moyer [mailto:DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net] > Sent: Monday, 9 June 2003 3:21 PM > To: EUforum > Subject: [OT] Re: Referencing Nested Sequences > > > Ricardo, > > I saw some show visiting Australia which explained some Aussie terms, > including "larrikin", but I can't for the life of me remember what it > meant, > all I thought I remembered is that it made sense once you heard it. > Googled > suggests "thug", historically, and perhaps "beloved iconoclast"(?) or > "fond > rabble-rouser" currently. I do remember "perv" just meant "checking out > the ladies", and they sometimes use rhyming for things like telephone, > etc, > though I can't remember what. > > Dan Moyer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rforno at tutopia.com> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:54 PM > Subject: RE: Referencing Nested Sequences > > > > Derek: > > Are these words/expressions in a dictionary, or are they only aussie > forms? > > Regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> > > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:22 AM > > Subject: Re: Referencing Nested Sequences > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <pblonner at optushome.com.au> > > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:55 PM > > > Subject: Referencing Nested Sequences > > > > > > G'Day. I just clued in you're another vegemite. I'm from Melbourne. > Hope > > you > > > find what you need from the Euphoria language. This list is a bonzer > > source > > > of info and there's only a couple of larrikins. Catch you later. > > > > > > -- > > > Derek > > > > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > > > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > >