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by kelemta
Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:40 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What Do You Call It
Replies: 56
Views: 11882

Re: What Do You Call It

Definitely call it (and hear it called) a verge here in Western Australia too.
by kelemta
Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:42 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: ZBB accent archive
Replies: 98
Views: 13499

Re: ZBB accent archive

1. Where were you born? Australia 2. What is your native language? English 3. What other languages besides English and your native language do you know? (intermediate) Indonesian, Japanese, Mandarin 4. How old are you? 19 5. How old were you when you first began to study English? 0 6. How did you le...
by kelemta
Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:18 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What do you call these?
Replies: 34
Views: 5873

Re: What do you call these?

A flowerless prickly thing in the grass is a "bindi" [bɪndi] or "bindi-eye" to most people I know (Western Australia), but the plant with a flower is a "thistle" if it's encountered. "Prickle" is also used pretty often for the flowerless nasties. Not to be confused with "boondie" [bʊndi] — a rock, o...
by kelemta
Sat May 07, 2011 10:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 74354

Re: ZBB Census

Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: [...] Auslan You should. It's fun. :D Great! This year I should enrol in one of the community college programs for it. Religion: Agathist[...] You're a follower of Agatha Christie? :P Haha, maybe. :P Apparently it's a belief that bad things happen ...
by kelemta
Sat May 07, 2011 5:02 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 74354

Re: ZBB Census

Age: 18 Gender: Female Nationality: Australian State: Western Australia Occupation: Student Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual Status: In a relationship Native Language: English Secondary Languages: Indonesian, Japanese, Mandarin Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Russian (family), Kor...