On 16 Nov 04  07:08:56, David Drummond got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Antipodeans

 DC>> alec as in -  "smart alec" 
 DC>>         a showoff 
 DC>>               He's a bit of a smart alec 
 
 DC> I'm claiming it, too.  That is how it is listed im my dictionary.  

 DD> An AUutralian dictionary?

You still don't get it.  

 
 DC> As I have pointed out, slang varies by location.  Just because 
 DC> you don't use it doesn't mean that it hasn't been used.  

 DD> Been used, or is used? 

Either way.  

 DD> For something to be in use as Australian slang surely it has to be
 DD> used Australia wide? Otherwise, those NZisms I still occasionally
 DD> utter could be classed as "Australian slang". 

Slang comes and goes.  The fact it that "alec" was once in use as 
a expression for "smart alec".  


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