The good news is that his co-worker Gordo now knows that "there's no R in off." Way to go, Fixit.
Apart from troying to eradicate bogan pronunciations from our general vicinity (and here I must add that although the Cherub took it upon himself to play Professor 'Enry 'Iggins to Craftymum, she actually speaks very nah-iiiicely indeed), we have also been busy this weekend with :
Pyjama Day at Climber's School
Playcentre fun at Next-door-girl's 4th birthday party,
and attending a Harry Potter themed birthday party. There were 25 little boys running around in Harry Potter costumes having a blast; playing wizard games like Quidditch World Cup Flying Relay Race, the Philosopher's Stone Treasure Hunt and Pin the Tail on the Dragon, before settling down to a Hogwarts Feast capped off by a Wizard's Castle cake! There was even a family friend being the Wizard Organiser, his monicker for the day was Professor Lobotomy Flicksnot. Fantastic fun.
Climber coming in to land.
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Finally, thankyou for the excellent comments re my tap student. It was incredibly helpful to have all that feedback and I feel much calmer. I have printed out CPR instructions to have by me! At this stage I am persevering with her, mostly because she is open about it, she is still seeing her doctor and because tap keeps her happy. Which is a good thing.
I am with you in your anti bogan campaign. It is my life mission to remove the word "youse" from the Australian vernacular.
ReplyDeleteNot an easy task, I know, but I am doing my bit little by little.
Oh the day youse is a spent force cant come quick enough!!
ReplyDeleteIt can be an uphill struggle sometimes.
Keep the TV turned off- all those sporting bogans they interview!
Oi wool not rest until all bogans stop saying "GAWN". I hate it.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I am with Gordo.
ReplyDeleteWhere would I be if I couldn't tell everyone I encounter to "BUGGA ROFF!"
Or "GET LORST!"
Or "STOP ERT NOW WA!"
Or my personal favourite "YERALL NUFFINK BUT A PACKA MORONS!"
And that's just my family!...
Kirsty, I can still hear Kiwi even when you try to type Aussie!
ReplyDeleteI think we could band together to stop the word youse and 'like'
eg: Youse could all like stop like saying youse and like no one would like say it anymore.
It causes me physical pain to hear talk like this, I feel myself flinch.
Better 'n electrocution lessons.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a little leccy shock might make a compelling argument though.
i'm just sayin'
This elocution bidness is all verrrrry faaaahhhhscinating.
ReplyDeleteI remember being sent to elocution lessons after school to a nun with a long face that looked like the bark of a tree. My mother must have been afraid I'd pick up a Limerick accent which is flat and nasty, and would make all your bogan babblings sound very posh!
ReplyDeleteI loved PJ day!
ReplyDelete1- As a clueless Yank -- and we have our own varied tapestry of multitude of elocutory sins for which to atone -- I find this wildly fascinating.
ReplyDelete2- The Harry Potter party looked brilliant. When NOS decided to have one of those a couple of years back, it took me FOREVER to find the right fonts for a properly Hogwarty invitation AND THEN I had to find out a way to make a fake wax seal that would look real.
To say nothing of the proper goody bags.
Oy, was that a headache -- but it came out great.
-J.
LOL Professor Lobotomy Flicksnot! Love it :)
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