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Great minds think alike, i was thinking the other day about rude words as i do from time to time and after reading about the censorship on this forum, I got the idea that who can say what a rude word is, as some words mean different things in different countries. I had the idea of sending Rene a list of rude Australian words, so she would know when to be offended but my wife wouldn't let me. Even many non rude words and phrases can be misunderstood. I have also been interested in just how our various cultures diverged and when and why. Australian English is between British English and American English but closer to British. For instance we say truck not lorry but bonnet not hood. Leaving our nations capital Canberra out of it, we have two state capital cities that are more American and the others are more British in their "being" i guess. WW2 changed everything for those two cities and started a definite American lean. I think the battle of the Coral Sea was a big thing; Americans are all proud of that battle, as are we but few know where it is; well I can tell you it's right here. I live near the capital of Queensland; Brisbane and I come from the other American type city, Sydney capital of NSW (New Sourth Wales). Here is a slang word that is not a complete Australian word more Sydney, "motsa: means a helluva lot. And similar "Occer" means very Aussie not very bright, I think it comes from O'Connor but i might be wrong (apol to the Irish) The talk about people from different places in the UK having trouble talking to each other.I recall ringing home as a teenager to say I was going to be late (I was on the trail of a young lady) and the man that answered the phone was very hard to understand impossible really; I knew him all my life and had no trouble tunderstanding him face to face, he was my father and he came from Glasgow forty years prior. Can we have a volunteer to send Rene a list of rude words from all our different countries, please. Regs Ian
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