Comments on: Portraits in Courage

By: SpazSinbad

SpazSinbad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:26:23 +0000

Western Australian ‘NO’: NoooWah. (NoAh – long O pronunciation) Drawn out & emphasised to make light of the “No” itself. Did you hear anyone say “heaps” Lex?

By: SpazSinbad

SpazSinbad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:18:17 +0000

RetRsvMike: RichardCranium? Probably in this context “foolish idiot”?

By: SpazSinbad

SpazSinbad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:58:48 +0000

Snake: ‘Whingeing Pommy Bastard’ is a term of endearment. “You bastard”. Same same.

By: SpazSinbad

SpazSinbad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:54:28 +0000

POM: How do I prepare a pomegranet for eating?: Cut off the “crown”.
POSH: Port Out Starboard Home (obscure eh).

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:46:21 +0000

I always heard from my Aussie exchange sqd mates, that it stood for “Prisoner of Mother England”, which was a backhanded reference to Australia’s origins as a penal colony.

Then, there was the RN exchange guy, who would fire back that Australia was merely the world’s largest petty officer’s mess.

By: RetRsvMike

RetRsvMike — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:00:20 +0000

need an Aussie ruling on the following verbiage..

“Meo, don’t mind him, he’s just a dick!”