G'day Joe

14 Nov 04 19:33, Joe Delahaye wrote to David Drummond:

 >>  DC> Absolutely.  It also references it to "smart
alec", which is
 >>  DC> of American origin.

 >> Well, there you go. You fellows have unearthed a piece of Australian 
 >> slang unheard of by the Australians (in this neck of the woods). Even 
 >> Macquarie (t official lexicon of Strine) doesn't list it.
>
 >> Well done.

 JD> I found it online in the British Slang dictionary.

I too can find it at numerable non-Australian web sites. I cannot find it
in the official lexicon of the Australian language, nor any actual
Australian using it in that manner.

Of course, I haven't asked all 20 million Australians yet - but I'm getting there...

It was one hell of a lot easier to find internetional use of "USAian".

Regards,
David

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