atw: Re: Youse
- From: Bill Parker <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:24:46 +0800
Of course Terry, but sitting there in London on an Aussie 747 I had NEVER heard
youse (and I had travelled ) before. Just my anecdotal!
Bill
On 11/01/2012, at 5:19 PM, Terry Dowling wrote:
> The ‘sheilas’ bit I accept as Australian. But the different definitions we’ve
> seen seem to imply it’s slang “specific” to a lot of different places.
>
>
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Parker
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 4:41 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Youse
>
> 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:
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