Ask EvilSmurf about Australia
 

If there's anything you want to know about the land down under, well, ask me and I'll do my best to answer it.

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Where did the word mate come from?

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is it true that new zealand is like your version of canada?

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Are female ausie backpackers characteristic of all young australian women?

-SmileyEH

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What's the chief export?

I don't understand this thread at all.

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Where did the word mate come from?

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It's was used in England in the 15th-18th centuries to describe a fellow sailor or labourer. Many of those who came over here were sailors and labourers, and well, it just evolved into a term meaning "friend".

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What's the chief export?

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Bartenders in London.

-SmileyEH

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is it true that new zealand is like your version of canada?

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If you mean it's worse than us in almost every way, and they take great pride on the rare occasions they beat us at anything, well, the answer is yes.

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Are female ausie backpackers characteristic of all young australian women?

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Largely, yes. I think you will admit that's an extremely good thing, and I will see you moving down here in the not too distant future.

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What's the chief export?

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Coal.