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Wilson Fowlie

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Reply #25 on: January 03, 2011, 11:48:32 PM
Too roit, mite.  (That's approximately what it sounds like to us here. :) )

See now, the "too roit" is Aussie. The "mite" is Kiwi.

Aussies don't say 'mate' any more?

Aussie or Kiwi, sounds like (non-identical) 'mite' to me.

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Reply #26 on: January 04, 2011, 02:29:36 AM
Too roit, mite.  (That's approximately what it sounds like to us here. :) )

See now, the "too roit" is Aussie. The "mite" is Kiwi.

Aussies don't say 'mate' any more?

Aussie or Kiwi, sounds like (non-identical) 'mite' to me.

We definitely still say mate! Yeah I guess you're right -- "mite" probably is how it sounds from Aussies.

[sits alone repeating "mate" over and over...]


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Reply #27 on: January 05, 2011, 07:51:48 AM
in my experience it sounds more like 'maite'


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Reply #28 on: January 05, 2011, 03:01:10 PM
in my experience it sounds more like 'maite'

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Reply #29 on: January 05, 2011, 10:01:19 PM

"People commonly use the word 'procrastination' to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what's happening as merely not-doing-work. We don't call it procrastination when someone gets drunk instead of working." - Paul Graham