Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections. A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please. Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one. Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us more often. **Elephant's Child is taking a break for the month of February** Continuing our road trip, today sees us in Snowtown, a small place 100km north of Adelaide. The welcome sign has an original windmill and the new wind power generators which we saw in a recent post along the hilltops for several miles. a painted water tower the infamous "bodies in barrels" bank which is no longer a bank All Bank signage was removed a long time ago an...
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Good grief. Never heard of 'ello mate' either. How ya goin mate? and G'day mate, are two that I can think of...
ReplyDeleteDon't agree with the latter words as many were not convict...
'ello mate" sounds more like England? And where I'm from, it would most likely just be "Howdy"!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds very cockney to me (London accent).
ReplyDeleteEllo? As our Prime Minister would say, nope, nope, nope.
ReplyDeleteG'day. And I don't all that often hear people call each other mate anymore either. Less and less...
Sounds like a British idea of how people of Australia speak. Very bold of them, wouldn't you say?
ReplyDelete'Allo! 'Allo! Who said that?
ReplyDeleteG'day, mate...'ow ya goin?
Has no one watched Crocodile Dundee??
ReplyDeleteI've heard Indian lads here say hello mate, but otherwise, no.
ReplyDeletewhiteangel; it does say "originally" and the first white people were convicts and the soldiers who guarded them.The settlers came later.
ReplyDeleteSusan F; it does sound more English, most of us would say G'day mate, although even that is fast disappearing. In the cities at least.
Craig; yes, very cockney.
Elephant's Child; I almost never hear 'mate' anymore and not too many 'G'days' either. We're losing our unique "Aussieness" in the face of political correctness. :(
Jacquelineand... we're Aussies, we don't mind them poking a bit of fun. all them other blokes though, we gotta worry about them gettin' offended :(
Lee; can't complain, 'ow 'bout you? :)
Susan Kane; probably not for a while, although it was on TV here just a few weeks ago.
Andrew; I've heard Indians here say "Hallo, how are you?" with emphasis either on 'are' or 'you'.