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Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:02:17 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford wrote:
  
   was making reference to an infamous gaffe from the movie “This is Spinal Tap” where Jeanine pronounces “Dolby®” as “doubly”.

...it fitted nicely with that reference as well. So I winked. Sorry for being so obscure.

You got the tap ref? Then it was all worth it! :-)

JOHN



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  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 (18 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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