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It strikes me that if you used "though" instead of "but" nobody would remark on the construction. Since the two words are sometimes interchangeable when used at the start of a phrase it's not too hard to imagine somebody substituting "but" for "though" at the end of it. Follow? Here's the putative evolution: I don't like caramel, though chocolate's not bad. I don't like caramel, but chocolate's not bad. I don't like chocolate; caramel's not bad, though. I don't like chocolate; caramel's not bad, but. Presumably a few people think this sounds cute, the fad takes off and a new mannerism is born. Too far-fetched? BTW I presume that saying "chocolate's not bad, though" is also anastrophe? If so, I'm thrilled to know that all my life I have been using such lah-di-dah grammatical constructions. [emoticon of a kugel preening] On second thoughts it does rather take the gilt off it to know that millions of Ozzies are using it too - and more imaginatively! 
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>Too far-fetched?
Spot on, think I.
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that millions of Ozzies are using it tooYep, happens. - and more imaginatively!Now, hang on a minute - that's stretching things a bit too far.  at Marty, Marvin, Paulb and the rest!
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at Marty, Marvin, Paulb and the rest!
Er--who's Marvin? And, my sweetheart paulb is not from
Australia, but.
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Marvin was an illusion or delusion (see the appropriate thread). paulb is from Tasmania which, the last time I was there, my dear, is only semi-detached from Oz! 
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CK avers Marvin was an illusion or delusion...
sort of a giant Aussie rabbit, Elwood?
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paulb is from Tasmania
Ah yes, home of David Boon, that freak of nature. How someone with his less-than whippet-like frame could be such an outstanding fielder at suicidal mid-on or mid-off still remains a mystery to me. 
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sort of a giant Aussie rabbit, Elwood?Yes, and therein lies a tail.
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Max wonders: Ah yes, home of David Boon, that freak of nature. How someone with his less-than whippet-like frame could be such an outstanding fielder at suicidal mid-on or mid-off still remains a mystery to me.But not to me. He's of "typical" Tasmanian build and attitude. He must have appeared to be a damned-near insuperable obstacle to batsmen. The effect of his presence at silly mid on was as much pyschological as physical! NZ batsmen hated it.
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silly mid-on
Since some of you were so good as to explain to us benighted Yanks what LBW is, how about this colorful term?
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