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VK6BE > PV 26.03.05 18:01l 23 Lines 902 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: VK6BE and Crocodail Dundee
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : PV@WW
No Warren, I have never heard of a shielagh.. looks Irish to me. I have
however heard of Sheilas, though that name for a girl seems to have
dropped out of the language in Australia in the last 30 years or so.
Haven't heard it for years. I think it originated with C.J.Dennis's book
"The Sentimental Bloke".
But what is a crocodial? I have seen sundials but no crocodials. Or
perhaps you mean crocodiles?
Bob VK6BE.
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> Gee, you must be the only Aussie who doesn't know what a shielagh is,
> maybe if I write Shielagh you'll recognize the name. I don't know why or
> how it got applied as a slang term for women but here it is alongaide
> birds, chicks and all the rest. Contrary to popular belief "chick" comes
> from the Spanish "chiquita" meaning "young girl". Chicko Marx (not Chico)
> was so named because he chased after the chicks.
>
> An
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