Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 wrote >>>.......all's fair in love and weight lose. LOL!!!!!!<<< G'day , Fair crack of the whip mate. NOTHING is fair about weight loss or the scales would be much kinder to us !! Re the strine books - there are actually two others by the same chap but they do the same thing for the 'would be upper crust' English accent. They are called 'Fraffly Suite' (Frightfully Sweet) and 'Fraffly Well Spoken'. Let me know if you want to see any extracts from those as well. Be warned though, there are no 'translations in any of the books. You have to be able to work it all out for yourself. The best way I have discovered is to read the words aloud slowly with my eyes closed so I can block out as much external distraction as possible. By listening to the sounds without thinking about them as 'words' it usually becomes clear. By the way, if you are going to ask about the books they could be listed under the author's real name - Alistair on - rather than Afferbeck Lauder. The two Strine ones were published in 1965/1966 by Ure in Sydney. >>>ROFLMAO!!!!!! This is hilarious! Do we REALLY talk like that Marie? LOL! Oh I do hope I can get this....Thanks Marie!!<<< , I blush to admit that I think it is a fairly accurate of the way we speak. If you read the Strine bits out aloud you'll see/hear what I mean. I know you have already seen 's info about availability - good luck with finding the books OK , just before I finish - do you know what 'rise up lides' are? - the definition is 'sharpened steel wafers, now usually stineless, used for shiving'. For all the non-Aussies I'll take pity on you. the answer is 'razor blades' Cheers, Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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