Ask EvilSmurf about Australia

EvilSmurf · #1 03-28-2006, 05:13 PM

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.

evans075 · #2 03-28-2006, 05:15 PM

Where did the word mate come from?

Tony_P · #3 03-28-2006, 05:15 PM

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

SmileyEH · #4 03-28-2006, 05:19 PM

Are female ausie backpackers characteristic of all young australian women?

-SmileyEH

Rduke55 · #5 03-28-2006, 05:19 PM

What's the chief export?

I don't understand this thread at all.

EvilSmurf · #6 03-28-2006, 05:22 PM

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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".

SmileyEH · #7 03-28-2006, 05:22 PM

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What's the chief export?

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Bartenders in London.

-SmileyEH

EvilSmurf · #8 03-28-2006, 05:23 PM

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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.

EvilSmurf · #9 03-28-2006, 05:24 PM

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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.

EvilSmurf · #10 03-28-2006, 05:26 PM

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What's the chief export?

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Coal.