Does no one know the answer to my Scots question?
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Rio - Oct 21, 2003 1:06:06 pm PDT #6650 of 9843
Are you ready to be strong?
DavidS - Oct 21, 2003 1:13:41 pm PDT #6651 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does no one know the answer to my Scots question?
I cannot speak for the Scots, but it seems to me I've heard them speak of "uni" also. It being a UK-ism.
Jars - Oct 21, 2003 1:14:51 pm PDT #6652 of 9843
I have friends in Scottish universities who call university "uni", but none of them are actually Scottish. Unhelpful, I know.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2003 1:28:51 pm PDT #6653 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is the kind of thinking that has lead to Jamaica being the leading industrial force which it is today.
checks list of Jamaican goals
sips more Blue Mountain
Yup. Precisely that sort of thinking.
Jon B. - Oct 21, 2003 3:14:30 pm PDT #6654 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Didn't you see that picture of the electrified zones of the world taken from outer space? There's a thin ring of civilization on the outer edge of Australia and a vast wasteland in the middle. Which contains their capitol, I think.
t Stands with billytea shaking my head in unison
bon bon - Oct 21, 2003 4:12:35 pm PDT #6655 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
There's a thin ring of civilization on the outer edge of Australia and a vast wasteland in the middle.
It's like Canada, but upside down.
It's like the US as drawn by New Yorkers!
Sue - Oct 21, 2003 6:12:52 pm PDT #6656 of 9843
hip deep in pie
It's like Canada, but upside down.
(puts Hec on my list, too)
Fiona - Oct 21, 2003 10:59:22 pm PDT #6657 of 9843
Rio, "uni" for university is pretty, um, universal British slang, so that would include the Scots.
Jim - Oct 22, 2003 1:53:18 am PDT #6658 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Question: Do Scots say "uni" for university?
Only since Neighbours. It's an aussieism that has now passed into the real language.
Allan Lang - Oct 24, 2003 5:15:34 pm PDT #6659 of 9843
'And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end.'
That's all there is.
Australia for Beginners: Australia consists of the convict settlement of Sydney Town, which has the Bridge and the Opera House. Offshore is the Barrier Reef
To the west of Sidney Town are mountains. There is rumored to be a vast uninhabited region known as the Hay Plain on the other side of the mountains, but noöne in Cidknee Town has ever seen it. It may be a myth