I don't often post like this

[RobertN]

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A Yank TBN'er with an accent? I can't imagine that, especially if the Yank may have been from California /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I had the wonderful surprise of talking to a fine gentleman from Oz one eve. It was really cool to get to meet a person and talk over the phone/computer, and hear a voice to go with the posts I had read. It is interesting meeting folks in person or by phone, because the way people talk and inflect is often a change from the way one might email or post to a forum.

I got to talk to Vin for a bit, and I tell you, it was a really nice conversation /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[MicroPilot]

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What I find interesting is daedongs use of the word "yankee" to describe americans, where an american thinks of people from the north-east part of the country as "yankee's".

 

[daedong]

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Here in Aust the word yank or yanky describes all Americans, However i was intrigued My cousin called herself Yankee. The problem here is things differ greatly from state to state.

She also made a reference to seppo, and so has Higgy I had not heard this before, I have had to do some homework to find it's meaning. I asked my wife and my 18yr old daughter and they had not heard it.

 

[higgy]

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Vin, When I lived in WA they referred to yanks as septic tank yanks, and as with all Australian works it gets shortened and has an o or and i put on the back, ie:

shock absorber = shocki
carburetor = carbi
garbage man = garbo

and on and on.

So septic tank yank got turned into seppo, I did not think that the vernacular was held to WA only, I heard it there a lot, and when I was in the NT and SA I heard it as well. Most of the time it was in the dongers at mine sites or on drilling platforms when the yabbo’s were off of one’s face.

Dane

 

[hennydamule]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( What I find interesting is daedongs use of the word "yankee" to describe americans, where an american thinks of people from the north-east part of the country as "yankee's". )</font>
Now, here in the Northeast, just try and call a Boston Red Sox fan a Yankee... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif They don't take it so well. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif