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Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:03:42 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Allister McLaren wrote:
   In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford wrote:
   In lugnet.loc.au, John Neal wrote:

   I was referring to the well known seppo preference to leave out the “u” on words which most commonwealth countries spell with “ou”, and...

   I 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.

ROSCO


Obscure references like that can only lead to troble.

a

True enuf!

JOHN



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  Re: Another Top Aussie Icon.
 
(...) Obscure references like that can only lead to troble. a (18 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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