So I think Heidi has decided that I am her official Weird Dialect of English example. She asked me today if I speak a dialect that has things like "My mum gave it me", although surely she can't have been surprised when I did not, since she said it was from certain parts of England. But then she hit me with the "youse" question, and so I said yes... and then was exhorted to "Address us!" So I glanced around the class and OF COURSE the first thing that pops into my head is the Lara Classic: Youse are all a bunch of cuntface motherfuckers!
So there's me hesitating, and everyone laughs thinking I've been hit with a case of dialectal stage fright when I'm just desperately trying to come up with something clean to say!
Ah, fun and games...
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That is fantastic, Alex! But why didn't you quote me?! (For the record, that particular expression came from Lynds!)
You could've introduced them to the fact that skips swear a lot and that it's not the end of the world... I'm sure they'll work it out soon enough!
So what clean example did you give?
Yeah, I know Lynds came up with it first, but you made it your own by using it often and with relish. ;-)
I don't think I've been here long enough to whip out cfmf with impunity in the classroom. For heaven's sake, I think the most daring I got in class at UQ was with the whole "Canberra University Netball Team" anecdote... ;-)
(In the end I just said "Youse all make enough fun of my accent anyway..."
It's actually a bit long to use most of the time (esp. when driving) but I do like it!
Ah, I remember that anecdote. Sounds like a good name for a sporting team to me!
Maybe you can get them saying "youse". It's so much nicer than "y'all" etc...
I'll do my best. I'm all for 'youse' world domination! ;-)
Cfmf seems a perfectly proto-typical Australian expression to me. I can't understand why you didn't give it them.
I don't like "cunting". It seems too verb-y for me, and that seems wrong!
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