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From: "David Armstrong" <>
Subject: Re: Oz slang
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:00:36 +0800
References: <9.7a1a451.26923bac@aol.com> <3.0.5.32.20000704093640.007c49a0@mail.cadvision.com>


Approximately 30% of the early convicts transported to 'Steak and Kidney'
were Cockneys. The Irish convicts who made up the largest group were by and
large Gaelic speakers who the then proceeded to learn English from their
Cockney colleagues.

Cheers
David
Perth, Western Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland and Alison de Caen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: Oz slang


> Does anyone have any idea how this "Oz slang" originated ? Is it a
> derivation of London "cockney" dialect ? In other words is it a variation
> of how the earliest settlers spoke ?.........Roland in Calgary, Canada.
>
> At 11:49 AM 04/07/00 +0100, Brian Read wrote:
> >You didn't use your loaf! It's the dog and bone, not the dog and phone.
> >BR
> >
> >> From:
> >> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 14:55:40 EDT
> >> To:
> >> Subject: Re: Oz slang
> >> Resent-From:
> >> Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:56:03 -0700


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