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Subject: Sv: [DK] How do I say "from the West"?
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 21:46:19 +0200

Hej Lesley,

Personally I would say "fra den australske østkyst/vestkyst" or "fra det østlige/vestlige Australien".......I suppose it's just as right to say "fra Øst-Australien/Vest-Australien", I just wouldn't use it (don't know why.....maybe because I think the first two "sound" better...) :-)
Anyways, you definitely wouldn't say "fra Western Australia".....

:-) Birgitte



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Fra: Lesley Albertson <>
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Dato: 2. august 2001 10:40
Emne: [DK] How do I say "from the West"?


>Hej alle,
>
>I am puzzled about one of those simple questions that on closer
>inspection doesn't seem quite so simple.
>
>And that is, how to I say "from the West", or "from the East Coast",
>meaning a person who comes from those parts of Australia?
>
>Politikens Ordbog tells me that you can say that a wind, or current, is
>just "fra vest". So can a person also be "fra vest", or would that imply
>that they had something in common with the natural forces?
>
>"Fra vest-Australien", maybe? Or would a modern Dane use the English,
>and say "Fra Western Australia?".
>
>BTW, Ian - I also found this in the course of my exploration of
>Politiken:
>
>Vestergaard
>ORDKLASSE: proprium
> BETYDNING: et efternavn
>
>KOMMENTAR: 7.894 bærer navnet i Danmark (1996)
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Lesley
>(Melbourne, Australia...heading south, towards the icebergs)
>
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