Posted by
Richard, Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 2009:
Some of the Australia slang words remind me of when I was a young boy growing up in Ohio in the late fifties and sixties. I can remember my mother and grandparents using slang such as simpleton...thought that was my name for a while...lol...I have always said bugger and no worries, chap and mate or matey. I even called my best friend "1st mate" ...even now I still say them...I believe that America lost some of our early english slang in the 70s, when it was more popular to say no problem or no problemo, with the increase of migrating ethnic peoples from other countries. Now, the younger generation believe slangs coming from Australia, or even England, is new...but anyone born in the mid 50s and earlier will know of the old anglo saxon slangs long forgotten...or shortly forgotten...take care mates!
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Posted by Richard, Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 2009:
Some of the Australia slang words remind me of when I was a young boy growing up in Ohio in the late fifties and sixties. I can remember my mother and grandparents using slang such as simpleton...thought that was my name for a while...lol...I have always said bugger and no worries, chap and mate or matey. I even called my best friend "1st mate" ...even now I still say them...I believe that America lost some of our early english slang in the 70s, when it was more popular to say no problem or no problemo, with the increase of migrating ethnic peoples from other countries. Now, the younger generation believe slangs coming from Australia, or even England, is new...but anyone born in the mid 50s and earlier will know of the old anglo saxon slangs long forgotten...or shortly forgotten...take care mates!
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