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  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) Misspellings can indeed be embarrassing! As for "doubly", that is how I prefer all of my music. JOHN (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) I thought, being a seppo, you'd spell it "dobly" ;) ROSCO (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) <looks up "seppo"> Ahh, well, then now, I don't quite get your winky. I was making reference to an infamous gaffe from the movie "This is Spinal Tap" where Jeanine pronounces "Dolby®" as "doubly". Sorry to be so obscure with my references.... (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) I was referring to the well known seppo preference to leave out the "u" on words which most commonwealth countries spell with "ou", and... (...) ...it fitted nicely with that reference as well. So I winked. Sorry for being so obscure. ROSCO (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) Obscure references like that can only lead to troble. a (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) You got the tap ref? Then it was all worth it! :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
 
  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) True enuf! JOHN (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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