[ExI] C does not stand for the speed of light... (Colbert)

[Lee Corbin]

Vas ist das "carf" oder "care-f"?   Meine Aussie so gut nicht ist.

L. Von ZeCorbin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damien Broderick" <thespike at satx.rr.com>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] C does not stand for the speed of light... (Colbert)


> At 09:32 AM 5/3/2007 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
> 
>>It's a generation gap, not a culture gap. I watched sesame street,
>>pronounced "zed" as "zee" for years...
> 
> Yep. When I was a lot closer to 20 or 30 than I am now, I wandered 
> into an Aussie rumpus room where the TV set was minding a bunch o' smalls.
> 
> "This is a care-f," said the woman's voice, possibly from Sesame 
> Street, showing a carf ambling beside a cow. "Say `care-f'!"
> 
> All the little Aussies dutifully cried: "`Caaaaaare-f'!"
> 
> And yet--oddly enuff, Aussies maintain an idiosyncratic accent even 
> so, unless they've been to very posh schools.
> 
> Damien Broderick 
> 
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