On 2011-12-24, J. Clarke wrote:
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BTW, I thought a "tinnie" was Strine for a can of beer. I would be
lost in Oz without some quick lessons in the local dialect.
Dave

Yep. Tinnie is also used for a beer. True Aussies prefer the beerincans as
its easier to cool down quickly. If you have access to a buld propane truck
a couple of squirts of liquid propane will cool a tinnie, but it will break
a bottle.

Why does that strike me as quintessentially Australian?

Like the jet powered beer cooler? (Hmm ... Kiwi, not OZ, but
not that different from this remove. (GD&R) :-)

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/

Enjoy,
DoN.

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