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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Vocabulary lessons from the Sydney Olympics #6565 09/26/00 12:00 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia J johnjohn member johnjohn member J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia <<I have no information on whether this language survived in any shape or form in Australian life; >> I must say I recognise none of these phrases at all, nor any contemporary slang deriving from them. I suspect you're right that subsequent generations quite consciously rejected them. 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