Inflated Self-ImportanceAmorous Badger asks: Tell us tales of people who have a high opinion of themselves. Jumped-up officials, the mad old bloke who runs the Neighbourhood Watch like it's a military operation, Colonel Blimps, pompous bastards and people stuck up their own arse.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jan 2013, 12:22)
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What is the Aussie need to change every noun so it ends with o or ee?
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 17:39,
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I quite like itit gives the impression of a relaxed, confident mindset behind the words. Also Antipodean slang is really easy to interpret, compared to what some English speaking cultures and societies come up with.
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We're all the sons and daughters of criminalswho're too lazy, drunk and laid-back to pronounce most of the second part of most compound words - hence bottleshop becomes bottle-o and tradesman becomes tradey.
I can get Mr. Harris to explain it too you if like Marm.
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