I thought it might be worth introducing this to London. I use Strine a little, but I keep being misunderstood by people – so time to educate the masses*
Australian spoken english using slang terms with no spaces in between words.
Someone who can actually speak fluent strine is very rare, generally only found in [...]
Fairy story's?
Ha!
What meaning do they have in the real world?
On the surface probably very little, but they touch archetypes and core issues we all face, and they speak to something in our hearts. Thats why they have survived so long.
And OK – I am a bloody romantic.
Recently I have been [...]
I am lucky with the friends I have. A long conversation with K tonight recovered some balance I had misplaced. I also recovered my choice to believe the best about people.
It probably makes me a fool – but I think I prefer it that way. I have been disappointed many times, but sometimes, just [...]
This weeks brought some lessons and some reminders.
Lessons in how to do things differently to achieve a different outcome, and reminders of how lucky I am with the friends that I have.
A surprise visit, a thank you card and several very long days reminded me that good and bad, ups and downs, I [...]
Longer, more inebriated and MUCH more expensive than happy hour
My mother, being fiercely patriotic and not wanting me to forget how fabulous the home country is while I travel the old world, sent me this the other day. It got a laugh, I thought I would share.
It reminds me of Sharon and my "Observations on London" from 2001 – which I must [...]
I thought it was just me.
Seriously.
I thought I was the only fag who has chilled on the material girl.
Hard Candy is OK – but its never grown on me as some people claimed it would (and you know who you are), unlike the Kelly Rowland or the Mariah Carey albums.
Given I [...]
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