Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

BP Jonsson wrote:

> At 15:03 17.5.2003 +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
>> Australia. Specifically Victoria,
>
>
> So actually it is (at least) three countries separated by a common
> language.
So long as Americans talk like the do on tv, we can understand them
fine. Though it may be necessary to ask for a repeat when they diverge...

End thin theer's New Zillend wuth theer chullibuns[1] end fush end
chups. (I have no idea how much of a Kiwi accent Wesley Parish has, but
he must forgive me: NZ accents are such fun to copy.)

[1]: chillybins. We call them eskis. If an episode of Law and Order SVU
is anything to go by, Americans call them coolers, despite the fact that
they don't cool, but merely keep cool. Insulated boxes you put ice and
things you don't want to melt in when you go on a picknick/camp/to the
beach etc.

And aren't America and Britain countries seperated from themeselves by a
common language? :)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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