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Good morning all here I am doing another post about Aussie slang, so here we go.
Manchester: Household Linen ie: sheets & towels
Middy: 285ml glass of beer in NSW
Matilda: Swagman's bedding, or sleeping roll
Muster: Rounding up cattle or sheep
Nipper: Young surf lifesaver as in children learning how to be a lifesaver.
The only place I ever heard swagman was a villain in a Batman comic...
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear it I think of Waltzing Matilda
DeleteJust looked at the lyrics to Waltzing Matilda... in addition to being haunting, I now know why the English hero confronted the villain with, "If it ain't the jolly Swagman!"
DeleteAll never heard by me...except a different definition of muster. But that also has to do with gathering. :)
ReplyDeleteWell now you have heard of them, not that you needed to know this sayings
DeleteOnly used about 2 od these Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteI generally only use the word manchester
DeleteWhen I was a very young student, our chorus teacher taught us the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda." I never knew what that actually meant, so I appreciate the explanation here, Jo-Anne. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteI also didn't know what the words to Waltzing Matilda meant for a bloody long time, when I was young I though Matilda was some girl
DeleteYeah I get that, I know some people do not know what manchester is other then a place in England
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