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- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...