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Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: oilgun on November 21, 2008, 01:12:45 pm ---There's that hated "Prolly" again!  ;D
It sounds like a cross between Pram and Trolley.
"Clang clang clang, goes the Prolly!"

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It's an e-proll-demic!!

Kerry:

--- Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on November 21, 2008, 01:06:03 pm ---Prolly shouldn't use "No worries" if you're not Australian. Doesn't that come from "No worries, mate"? Isn't that Australian usage? Kerry?  ???

And then, of course, there is the cousin of "No worries," namely "Not to worry."  :-\

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"No worries" is used extensively throughout Oz.  It is used as a sunny, upbeat exclamation of camaraderie and trust.  Unlike such expressions as "I'm not a racist, but . . . ," it has no hidden, darker, ulterior connotations. It means exactly what it says. I use it as "No worries," minus the "mate". Australians do not have exclusive copyright over "No worries". Feel free to use it at your leisure!  :D

Kerry:
At seen in the "Lexicon" column of the Nov. 24, 2008, edition of Time magazine:

Philanthrocapitalism

n. - Also known as venture philanthropy.  A business-like approach to charity.

Usage: "Leading philanthrocapitalists are giving away unprecedented amounts of money - Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are together handing out about $3.5 billion a year through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."
- New York Times
Nov. 11, 2008

Cold as philanthrocapitalism charity.  :-\

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Kerry on November 21, 2008, 05:59:47 pm ---"No worries" is used extensively throughout Oz.  It is used as a sunny, upbeat exclamation of camaraderie and trust.  Unlike such expressions as "I'm not a racist, but . . . ," it has no hidden, darker, ulterior connotations. It means exactly what it says. I use it as "No worries," minus the "mate". Australians do not have exclusive copyright over "No worries". Feel free to use it at your leisure!  :D

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Thanks, Kerry!

No worries!  ;D

CellarDweller:
I use "no worries" all the time, but when someone tells me something that they think I'll take badly.

something like:

"Chuck, I have to cancel our dinner plans!  I'm sorry!"

"No worries!"

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