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bush week: what do you think this is, bush week?
Do you think I’m stupid? An indignant response to someone who is taking you for a fool - 'You’re going to charge me how much? What do you think this is, bush week?' Bush week is a time when people from the country come to a city, originally when bush produce etc. was displayed; and it is also a celebration in a town or city of bush produce, activities, etc. These senses of bush week go back to the early 20th century. The phrase originally implied the notion that people from the country are easily fooled by the more sophisticated city slickers. The speaker resents being mistaken for a country bumpkin. The phrase is first recorded in the 1940s.
Pretty much ...even though I'm responding to a 5-year-old post.
Although the average Australian tends to believe that they own them, many of their words, terms - and even the accent itself - stem originally from that of the London Cockney. In fact, in early British films the part of 'an Australian' would often be played by someone with a Cockney accent since the film-makers believed it to be close to Australian.
Thankfully, in my opinion, most Australians of today seem to have moved away from this 'Cockney connection'.
Perhaps among the early convicts Cockneys were over representative. Hence a distant similarity but never found it or delivery very similar.
Always found The Cockney having far more 'gift of the gab' as the English like to say. Aussies tend not to drop the first syllable either. Words like bottle come to mind.
Pretty much ...even though I'm responding to a 5-year-old post.
Although the average Australian tends to believe that they own them, many of their words, terms - and even the accent itself - stem originally from that of the London Cockney. In fact, in early British films the part of 'an Australian' would often be played by someone with a Cockney accent since the film-makers believed it to be close to Australian.
Thankfully, in my opinion, most Australians of today seem to have moved away from this 'Cockney connection'.
I've never know an Aussie who thought rhyming slang was an Aussie invention.
I've never know an Aussie who thought rhyming slang was an Aussie invention.
I never said anything about rhyming slang. However, is it mere coincidence that the only ones who use this form of speech are - wait for it - Australians and the London Cockneys? That said, in real life I've heard very little actual rhyming slang during my tenure here in Australia. It seems to be more of a movie or TV thing whenever Australians are portrayed as (basically) country bumpkins. And, something that I've never figured out is why so many Australians appear to be okay with this rather embarrassing image.
I never said anything about rhyming slang. However, is it mere coincidence that the only ones who use this form of speech are - wait for it - Australians and the London Cockneys? That said, in real life I've heard very little actual rhyming slang during my tenure here in Australia. It seems to be more of a movie or TV thing whenever Australians are portrayed as (basically) country bumpkins. And, something that I've never figured out is why so many Australians appear to be okay with this rather embarrassing image.
Well given rhyming slang is the most prominent element of the cockney dialect, it is a reasonable assumption to make.
Aussies use of rhyming slang did of course derive from cockney London, as everyone knows. No one thinks it is uniquely Aussie or "owned" by Aussies.
Those who use it are more likely to be the types you mentioned. They are also the least likely to give any care to what others think of them or be embarrassed by how they are viewed by outsiders.
Those who use it are more likely to be the types you mentioned. They are also the least likely to give any care to what others think of them or be embarrassed by how they are viewed by outsiders.
I use rhyming slang a fair bit. Usually ironically though.
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