From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Andrew Simmons Message-ID: <2qMD7.3689$9M2.288198@news.xtra.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20011029211447.8C3E319A04@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [inferno] Re: [9fans] Re: drawterm for iMac Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:00:48 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 10d12288-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 I stand corrected. I was relying on "The Wonderful World of Barry Mackenzie" as my guide to the Australian vernacular, perhaps not an altogether reliable source. ---------- In article <040801c16189$6044f3f0$f9b9c6d4@SOMA>, boyd@fr.inter.net (Boyd Roberts) wrote: > From: "Andrew Simmons" >> ... possibly because of the Australian curse "I hope all of your >> chooks turn to emus and kick down your s***house (Australian vernacular term >> corresponding to the US 'bathroom' ". > > Nope, it's: > > kick your dunny door down > > Note the alliteration.