From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "vic arpeggio"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   >> It's funny that way you've used the word "sheila".  While I'm sure some   
   >> Aussies actually use that terminology in everyday conversation, most   
   >> would   
   >> only say it when they're being a bit silly.   
   >   
   > Interesting.  Has it always been that way?  It seemed to be a fairly   
   > common expression among the Australians I knew, but that was back in   
   > the early eighties.   
   >   
      
   I think Australians use "typical" Aussie colloquialisms more when they're   
   away from home turf.  It may have been in more common use back then but,   
   from my experience at least, it's always been a joke term that no-one really   
   uses while keeping a straight face.   
      
   >>   
   >> I think the Aussie's have escaped South Park's wrath to a great degree.   
   >> Starvin' Marvin landed the spaceship in Sydney and was greeted by the   
   >> "mayor" of Australia, and the Croc Hunter copped it a bit, but I think   
   >> that's all (so far...).   
   >   
   > Don't forget Russell Crowe fightin' 'round the world!   
   >   
      
   I had forgotten about that one, Vic, but I could always claim that he's   
   actually a Sheep Fucker (technical term for someone born in New Zealand) and   
   doesn't really count.  In practical terms, however, he's an Aussie so I   
   guess you got me there!   
      
   In the same vein, you could also include Mel Gibson.  He was born in the US   
   and lives in the US, but I believe he is actually an Australian citizen.   
   His father moved the family here in the late 60's to avoid his army of sons   
   being drafted into the army and sent to Vietnam.  I remember seeing his   
   father, Hutton, as a contestant on a TV quiz show (Ford Superquiz) here in   
   the 80's.  Mel's mother was an Aussie sheila by birth too.   
      
   --   
   George   
   "I just wonder if I could get a baby real quick?" - Hat McCullough - 10 July   
   2002   
      
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