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--- Quote from: AVGresponding on August 29, 2024, 07:01:54 pm --- --- Quote from: videobruce on August 29, 2024, 06:11:19 pm ---I call myself Bruce since that is the name on my birth certificate. I don't see an straight answer yet. --- End quote --- The stereotype (I guess "meme" in the modern parlance) is Australian males are called Bruce, and females Sheila. It's probably only commonly used in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. --- End quote --- |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: videobruce on August 29, 2024, 06:38:23 pm ---Part of the UK last time I looked. --- End quote --- Australia was never part of the UK, even before 1901 when we were just a colony. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: thm_w on August 29, 2024, 08:37:10 pm --- --- Quote from: Gyro on August 29, 2024, 06:06:48 pm ---S'right Bruce. Strewth. P.S. Australia. --- End quote --- *Stralya --- End quote --- Our official guide to Australian speech: https://www.amazon.com.au/Let-Stalk-Strine-Afferbeck-Lauder/dp/0701816066 |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 01, 2024, 01:02:07 am --- --- Quote from: videobruce on August 29, 2024, 06:38:23 pm ---Part of the UK last time I looked. --- End quote --- Australia was never part of the UK, even before 1901 when we were just a colony. --- End quote --- Well, of course it wasn't part of the UK. We're not France, configuring an entire colonial dynasty just so we had somewhere to stage the surfing event for our Olympics. |
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