atw: Re: Youse
- From: Bill Parker <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:41:19 +0800
Well, here's my two bob's worth. Sitting on a 747 at Heathrow one night in
March 77 waiting for the stragglers to board and I have a group of hosties (
not my name for them) and a bloke in a smart orange jacket - obvioulsy the boss
chatting away. Then:
"C'mon youse sheilas, time for some work".
What better intro to Australia!
Bill
On 11/01/2012, at 3:14 PM, bja wrote:
> And here I am still waiting for ‘farq’ to be added as a derivation to get
> around abuse filters.
>
> :)
>
> One can only hope.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
>
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kath Bowman
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 2:19 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Youse
>
> You can invent a word, but you can’t get it into a dictionary! I have been
> trying to get ‘engageable’ into the Macquarie for a few years, without
> success.
> Engageable – able to be engaged (in the military sense).
>
> Cheers
> Kath
>
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Lewis
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 12:01 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Youse
>
> Yebbut . . . The "nitwits" own the language along with everyone else; you
> don't need a licence to invent a new word!
>
> - Michael Lewis
>
> On 11 January 2012 12:27, Rebecca Caldwell <beckyakasha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fine! Badly worded on my part ;)
>
> I do not accept 'youse' as a word by any means, but meant that it was a
> 'real' word, and not just the incomprehensible pronounciation of a nitwit.
>
>
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