British Language (was: Release date?)

[Sandra Bejster]

Punkie wrote:
> 
> Imagine my surprise, while reading Book I, seeing
> the exclamation 
> crikey. My maternal grandmother was first generation
> Irish and she 
> frequently used that one as well as several others
> in the books.

That's interesting, Punkie.  Especially since you're
quoting your Irish Grandmother and considering it a
curse word.  It could well have been at one time?

What I find especially interesting about it is that we
hear it used by the Australians so much.  Almost like
it's their own word (like so many American slang
words).  Maybe it's because of the characters like
Crocodile Dundee and Stever Erwin (not a made-up
character like Dundee, but a "character" nontheless!
LOL).


Sandra
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