Craig White: >>> aussie aussie aussie >>> oy oy oy Tim: >> I never head that childish chant before until we had some soldiers doing >> some sort of rescue mission overseas. It's not a part of *our* culture. Alan Cox: > Its a very old part of Australian culture, one that came over with > 'cousin Jack' (the tin miners from Cornwall). So old nobody is entirely > sure of its origin although the most credible one seems to be from Oggie > (Kernowek: Hoggan) for a Cornish Pastie (Oggie oggie oggie! being shouted > down a mine to indicate lunch arriving). Must be regional then, I've *NEVER* heard it before then, in South Australia. ... What's that skip? He's broken a leg? You fly the chopper and I'll drive over with the first aid kit... -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
