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a whole lot of USns, who were often offended by the common Aussie use of the word "Damn".Depends on the circumstances, hev. As they say, circumstances alter cusses.  The reason men speak softly thus is
That circumstances alter cusses,
And naughty words scream out like sirens
When uttered in the wrong environs.-- by guess who?http://whisperingwind.homestead.com/shucks.html(without comment on the gender-commentary therein!  )
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> USns, who were often offended by the common Aussie use of the word "Damn"
they must not have been from the N. tier, or they would have thought nothing of that after hanging around with Canadians.
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WOW! Thank you all for your input on NZ and OZ. Now....what is Maori..or is it Maaori? I've seen Max and Faldage use the double a, and Kiwi and Milum use the single a, all within the last week. Is this the same thing?
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The US, a state established with out any organized religion, by a group of men that at best, called them selves Diest.. (the sort of believed in the idea of god, but hadn't settled on any one demomination or sect of christianity,) has become one of the most relious countries about.
Oz got off to a better start-- you had convicts! we had religious fanatics. and we still do. Fact is, a greater percent of US population attends a church services, with greater regularity, here, than almost any where else in the free world.
we started out with a dozen or so sects, but that wasn't enough.. we went on to create new ones.. most are nominal christian.. but some like LDS (later day saints, more commonly known as mormans) are pretty much at the edge of christian beliefs.. and most large cities, (well east coast) have a fairly large percent of santana--denegrated as voo-doo, it is nature as god religion.
there are sect and sub sects, and even science fiction writers can make up a religion.. just look at Dyanetics.
with all these religious types abounding, it not hard to find a crowd that looks unkindly on swearing..
me, i am a diest, i believe in god.. but swearing? don't forget, it was god who told the devil, Go to hell, and as for jesus, he was mine kind of guy, his first public appearence, he goes to a wedding party, and when the liquer runs out, turns water into wine, and on the last night before he dies, he goes out drinking with his buddies.. almost enough to make anyone a christian.
excuse me now, while i run and duck for cover..
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Hmph. I must be slipping. It took me days to notice that this thread shoulda been called OZ and NZ.
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Hmph. I must be slipping. It took me days to notice that this thread shoulda been called OZ and NZ. TEd? It's been here less than 24 hours! 
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And then I went and misspelled daze.
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> do you call them Australian Shepherds in Australia?
Flatlander - though I'm sure there's a good explanation how they got their name, we simply don't have them in Australia!!
"Truly" Australian dogs are the Australian Cattle Dog and the Sydney Silkie Terrier. ACD's come in both "blue" and red colours, more commonly known as Blue (or Red) Heelers - watch them with a mob of cattle and you'll know why. This trait has enabled the breed to lend their name to our police force - and is the title of a long running (heavily watched) TV cop show / soapie. I'm proud to say I've not seen one episode!
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> What a good cross-country representation we have.
Hev......are you saying that Tassie is part of Australia?............well I'll be buggered.
The things you learn at AWAD.
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