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Old Fri Dec 08, 2000, 04:28am
Warren Willson Warren Willson is offline
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Aussie Language 101 . . .

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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by Warren Willson
The staff writers haven't been specifically precluded either, but I think most of us would rather NOT been seen to be dominating conversations here as well as spruiking our views unchallenged at eUmpire.com.

"Spruiking"?
spruik (-oo-) v.i.&t (Austral. sl) speak in public, esp. as showman; advertise, sell. [The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary, 7th Ed.]

Yep. That's what we're doing, alright! (grin)

Didn't mean to slip a little Aussie slang in there onya guys. Careless of me.

Cheers,

Warren Willson
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