"Aerial ping-pong" is a NE Australian putdown of Aussie Rules, because they can't understand a game that actually involves grace and athleticism rather than brute force.
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Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:43:59 am PDT #3265 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 1:44:12 am PDT #3266 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
'Healthy' is a good example of a word with a -y ending, but it doesn't mean the same thing as 'Health'.
Does this make sense?
Perfect, naturally. I would shop in a “Health-y Food Shop” in an instant but walk straight by a “Health Food Shop”
The French pronounce double L, don't they? I thought it was just Spanish that makes it a Y.
No “fille” is almost pronounced “feey” but I see a few people have already posted on the subject.
Who are your team?
I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:44:48 am PDT #3267 of 9843
What Angus, sadly erroneously (but we must make allowances), terms 'real football'.
Aha! See, I wouldn't put it past the Aussies to have invented some team sport involved ping-pong balls and bungee-jumping, or gravity boots, or something. Hence the dumb question.
Man, judging by how I've been doing so far this morning, I really need a second cup of coffee.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 1:46:57 am PDT #3268 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Ahh well, the Aussies went to Ireland and nicked the gaelic rules and gave them a respray ;-) ...see you all at the next game.
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:54:08 am PDT #3269 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"Aerial ping-pong" is a NE Australian putdown of Aussie Rules, because they can't understand a game that actually involves grace and athleticism rather than brute force.
Again, pfffft. I've watched said game. You get much the same effect by tossing a handful of sweets into the middle of a kindergarten class. (Though I confess to laughing like a drain at the game a couple of years ago where the umpire took a mark.) This is why they call it Aussie Rules. As Sir Humphrey was fond of mentioning, you get the difficult part out in the title.
And seriously, if you think you win rugby league through brute force alone, or for that matter that Plugger weighed in on the 'grace and athleticism' side...
Ahh well, the Aussies went to Ireland and nicked the gaelic rules and gave them a respray ;-) ...see you all at the next game.
Pretty much. Which is just as well, because it means that the AFL is now able to join League and Union in actually forming an Australian side with a point to it.
ETA: I actually quite like Rules. It doesn't lack for excitement, and since Irish jokes aren't always appropriate it's good to have Collingwood to take up the slack. But for a thinking man's game, I have to go with league. They're both games of skill, but league is weighted more towards the strategic end, and Rules the tactical.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 1:58:09 am PDT #3270 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Looks like the French spelling is "filet".
Now, we need to find out if they pronounce a single "L".
t Obsessed-- it's sad
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:59:29 am PDT #3271 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Now, we need to find out if they pronounce a single "L".
Yep. Even when it ends a word (eg 'bel'), which it shares with 'd' and 'c', and IIRC no other consonants.
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:24 am PDT #3272 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, BTW, how is everyone?
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:30 am PDT #3273 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
since Irish jokes aren't always appropriate
Irish jokes are ALWAYS appropriate.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:52 am PDT #3274 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?