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Simon:
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--- 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.
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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.
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EEVblog:
--- Quote from: videobruce on August 29, 2024, 06:38:23 pm ---Part of the UK last time I looked.
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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.
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*Stralya
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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.
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Australia was never part of the UK, even before 1901 when we were just a colony.
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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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