Posted by Mark Parnell on 07/24/06 01:14

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Leonard Blaisdell
<leo@greatbasin.com> declared in alt.html:

> Yeah, but in Oz a barbecue is a barbie.

So? :-)

> Dog poop is a barkie.

Eh? That's a new one to me. Around here a barkie is a (naturally) curled
up piece of bark which can be smoked. Very cool if you're 13 or so. :-)

> A crayfish is a yabbie.

So? :-)

> A sheep is a jumbuck,

Only in one song.

> and apparently Vegemite is a spread.

Awful stuff, really. Can't stand it myself, but the wife and kids like
it.

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Mark Parnell
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