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David In Indy:
I'm still waiting to find out what that one phrase means... you know the one....
Something about "going to the loo and making certain you don't step on any joeys"....
I'm a patient boy though. Momma taught me right! :)
Edit: I know what a "loo" is (toilet) so the part about the joeys is really shifting my imagination into overdrive. ???
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on July 24, 2006, 07:48:02 pm ---Cripes! The movie wouldn't have been the same if Ennis had said "Jack... Ridgie Didge," would it?
Strictly speaking, outhouse or longdrop. Wooden, 3 ft square, peaked roof, crescent moon cut in the door, built over a deep hole. But no doubt modern urban Aussies call something with tiles and chrome a dunny too.
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Shuggy - My grandmother lived in rural Kentucky for a number of years. She had a "small, wooden, 3 ft square, peaked roof, crescent moon cut in the door and built over a deep hole" building in the back yard. We never called it a dunny though....
We just called it the "Sh*t House". (replace the "*" with the letter "i"). :)
Katie77:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 26, 2006, 12:48:53 am ---I'm still waiting to find out what that one phrase means... you know the one....
Something about "going to the loo and making certain you don't step on any joeys"....
I'm a patient boy though. Momma taught me right! :)
Edit: I know what a "loo" is (toilet) so the part about the joeys is really shifting my imagination into overdrive. ???
--- End quote ---
"joeys' could mean two things......
1.....baby kangaroos
2.....prickles in the grass.....i havent heard the term for a long time, but i do remember when i was a kid we use to call those little balls of grass prickles "joeys"...another name was "bindies"...which is more used now.....picture a kid walking in the grass and saying "ouch, i got a joey (bindi) in my foot"
So being a "dunny" is an outside "sh*thouse".....either one could apply.....
Kelda:
You americans need to start watching home and away!
(I loooove Alf Stewart! Stone the flamin' crows! )
And hello! the very lovely kylie minogue started life out as Charlene in Neighbours!
Strewth - I feel old thinking about the 80s perm she had!
Katie77:
Kelda, I watch "Home and Away" 7pm every night......
Did you know that Heath was in it for a few episodes when he was about 16.....
What is the story line that you are watching there in Scotland, at the present time?
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