Re: ozzie language

2000-09-29 Thread Charles Brown
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/28/00 04:51PM >>> Jim Devine wrote: > > another NPR story remarked unlike the Ozzies and the Kiwis, the "Yanks" > don't really have a cute nickname for themselves. What should it be? I like Yanks because otherwise it would be hard to tell who won the war of the slave

Re: ozzie language

2000-09-28 Thread Joanna Sheldon
> >another NPR story remarked unlike the Ozzies and the Kiwis, the "Yanks" >don't really have a cute nickname for themselves. What should it be? > >Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine The latest manifestation of empire isn't likely to be allowed a cute nickname f

Re: Re: Re: ozzie language

2000-09-28 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a [PEN-L:2462] Re: Re: ozzie language, el 28 Sep 00, a las 14:04, Jim Devine dijo: > > > > another NPR story remarked unlike the Ozzies and the Kiwis, the > > > "Yanks" don't really have a cute nickname for themselves. What > > > should

Re: Re: ozzie language

2000-09-28 Thread Jim Devine
> > another NPR story remarked unlike the Ozzies and the Kiwis, the "Yanks" > > don't really have a cute nickname for themselves. What should it be? > >I like Yanks because otherwise it would be hard to tell who won >the war of the slavedrivers' insurrection. I forget: who won? it seems like mos

Re: ozzie language

2000-09-28 Thread Carrol Cox
Jim Devine wrote: > > another NPR story remarked unlike the Ozzies and the Kiwis, the "Yanks" > don't really have a cute nickname for themselves. What should it be? I like Yanks because otherwise it would be hard to tell who won the war of the slavedrivers' insurrection. Carrol

ozzie language

2000-09-28 Thread Jim Devine
Because there are Ozzies on this list, I have a light-hearted question: Today, US National Public Radio had a little story about the uniqueness of Ozzie language ("English" in Australia). Some people were perturbed by the fading of traditional Ozzie language under the sledgehammer b