Tim wrote:
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.
I gather it got some airing at the Sydney games. I've not been to a
sporting event for some tens of decades, the last I can recall was
cricket in Canberra, where I sat near John Grey Gorton.
Nor do I watch TV, but I certainly knew of it. Seems to have become
popular with the Young Generation.
... What's that skip? He's broken a leg? You fly the chopper and I'll
drive over with the first aid kit...
For the rest of the world, John Gorton was a WWII fighter pilot, got
shot down and took some facial injuries, and looked like it. He was
promoted to leadership of the Liberals while in the Senate when H Holt
took his last swim, was deftly switched to the House of Reps and so to
PM. He further distinguished himself by voting against himself in a
motion of bo confidence in the party room, allowing Billy McMahon to
lead the coalition to an election lost to the "It's Time" Labor lead by
E G Whitlam.
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Cheers
John
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