On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:48:47 -0600, the infamous "basilisk"
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"diggerop" toobusy@themoment wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:03:56 +0800, "diggerop" toobusy@themoment
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Going to ring the World Wildlife Fund tomorrow and have myself listed as
an
endangered species. : )

A culturally endangered diggerop.

Leads me to another question. Do most of you buggers understand the
English speaking tourists that visit?


No problem at all. It's almost as if we are bilingual, with a language we
understand among ourselves, (almost with the makings of a dialect,) which
can prove confusing for others, along with speaking straightforward
English. (It really is dying out though and I suspect, some of our unique
Aussie character with it.)

Almost like my Scottish and Irish forebears, who spoke who spoke good
English but would lapse into a local dialect among family and friends. I
can still remember an occasion when I was very young and I'd broken some
ornament in my old Scottish grandmother's dining room. I thought
I was in for a tongue lashing or worse, but she merely said 'Och laddie,
dinnae fash yoursel" which loosley meant "that's all right son, no need to
be upset over it."

I had a visitor from Scotland by last Saturday, I think he must have laid
the
dialect on thick just for my confusion and his amusement, when it came down
to
business, I noticed most of the incomprehensible bits dissappeared and we
communicated just fine. I will say that I enjoyed listening even if I
couldn't
make out a lot of the references.

Yeah, a well-spoken Scottish brogue is great to listen to, if for
nothing more than listening to someone who cares about what they're
saying and how they say it.

--
You know, in about 40 years, we'll have literally thousands of
OLD LADIES running around with TATTOOS, and Rap Music will be
the Golden Oldies. Now that's SCARY! --Maxine