Should make perfect sense...

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:21 am

'How I met my wife', by Jack Winter, New Yorker, 25 July 1994:

It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella... when I saw her... She was a descript person... Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:25 pm

Now that IS funny. I actually thought most people on here would get it.

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:35 am

Yeah, Timbo. You did good. The point, I guess, is to play on an oddity with the English language where we use "un" and "dis" to create opposites most of the time, but there are a lot of exceptions to the rule.

They say English is the hardest language to learn as a second one & it's easy to see why.

simon t · Post by **simon t** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:55 am

VTRgirl wrote:

They say English is the hardest language to learn as a second one & it's easy to see why

Well yeah, the Aussies have been trying for two centuries and still haven't mastered it

RAINMAKER · Post by **RAINMAKER** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:30 pm

looks to me as though we put the right people on the boat

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:23 pm

RAINMAKER wrote:looks to me as though we put the right people on the boat

Yet everyone on the Oz forum got the irony...

Must suck to have the "rejects" of your society master your language better than you do, eh Paul?

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:48 pm

so antipodeans are actually against us podeans, eh?
What have we ever done to you?

Personally, I'm against Rrhinums, dotes and disestablishmentarianism.

lmao_37 · Post by **lmao_37** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:59 pm

VTRgirl wrote:
Must suck to have the "rejects" of your society master your language better than you do, eh Paul?

you wernt ''rejects'' you were criminal's cheaper to deport than to keep in prison

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:53 am

And for punishment, you sent us to paradise. Go figure

lmao_37 · Post by **lmao_37** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:07 pm

VTRgirl wrote:And for punishment, you sent us to paradise. Go figure

paradise ok !!!!!! the only place in the world you can get bitten on the butt whilst having a turd

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:46 pm

Life's nothing without a bit of adventure

thumper · Post by **thumper** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:56 am

i agree with vtrgirlie, and would swop any day ,the weather here is shite, and you can always squat when you dump