Hi everyone, great to meet you, if I haven't already that is! I might have to tally the roll in a table. Looks like Sydney has edged out Adelaide. Still no one from Tassie or the NT?
Quote from: Gwynne on January 03, 2014, 10:13:28 AM
I've heard about Australian schooling. 

I'm not sure where you get those crazy sci-fi ideas...
this is more like it.


Quote from: Gwynne on January 03, 2014, 10:57:25 AM
I'm assuming that this is Australian slang for the British? What's the common slang term for Canadians? Also, and pardon if this is an embarrassing question to ask, how do Australian generally perceive the Canadian accent and dialect? Always curious.
Yeah, don't know where Pom comes from but it's a kind of "friendly" jibe. I think it applies uniquely to English, not Scots or Welsh. Some English people in Australia embrace it, others loathe it.
To be honest the Canadian accent sounds a lot like certain American accents. But I've long since learned that Canadians hate being asked, "so which part of the States do you come from?" I worked with a Canadian woman for a number of years and because of that I've learned how to differentiate Canadian accents from the American and usually get it right most of the time. Although last year a met a young woman from Quebec - she sounded French to me!

She was in Australia to improve her English.
Quote from: Charley Bea(EmeraldP) on January 03, 2014, 04:52:33 AM
Funny you mention Rockingham.....*shifty eyes*
I lived there 1970-71, just around the corner from the beach business strip. My memory was of a quiet and quaint beachside village. I visited there in 2007...wow, has it changed!!