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Is our Aussie language being 'Americanised'?
If your trying to post an image: -See above the comments book, there are two options (add book/author) and next to it (Some html is ok)
-Click (some html is ok), and a white pop up box should come up
- Look for the part that says: Image:
-copy and paste that html into the comment box.
Then copy and paste your image link, over the top of: http://www.goodreads.com/image...
-Once you have done that, play around with the width (set on 40) and height (100) numbers, until they work with your picture.
I hope this helps :)
Use this: [image error]just take out the 0 next to src and and where I placed 'linkgoeshere' place in your link to the image. this will will work.
It took me a while as well. Good luck :)
Try coping and pasting that link over where I have written GOODREADS.COM Make sure you put it between the " " Then add a > onto the end.
See if that works...
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If you set the width="40" and the height="100" the picture will come out tiny and squished so don't place those numbers in.But yeah just do [image error] and remove the o and replace 'linkgoeshere' with "http://photo.goodreads.com/photos/129..."
Carmel wrote: "Ha ha poor Tony, perhaps sleep on it!!! Just follow msg 267"this is message 267!
Carmel wrote: "Yeah, I'll go to bed feeling that I didn't crack it for you Tony *wimpers off to her room* LOL"Hey YOU! You did ya best I is just dunb!
I agree Carmel. I was about to post something along those lines ;) And well done Tony! I knew you'd get it in the end.
Booklover23 wrote: "I agree Carmel. I was about to post something along those lines ;) And well done Tony! I knew you'd get it in the end."
Hey it took all of you to get me thru this Laura just saw "we got a loser here, lets make it so damn obvious"
Carmel wrote: "Ha ha, I know, but I was keeping that to myself, ha ha. No not really, I had a few times myself & I think it was Laura who helped me also. GOLD star to Laura!!!! Anyway it's too late for an alcohol..."Its never too late! but often too early!
Carmel wrote: "ha ha yes I'm an idiot, meant 261 - just do what Laura said! LOL *swigging Tony's drink*"Hope you like Chardonay!
Tony wrote: "Thanks Laura for the effort it made sense after a few reads!"Haha..No problems :) I'm a web/graphic designer so I help people out with this sorta stuff.
Carmel wrote: "Ha ha, I know, but I was keeping that to myself, ha ha. No not really, I had a few times myself & I think it was Laura who helped me also. GOLD star to Laura!!!! Anyway it's too late for an alcohol..."
Woohoo a gold star! haha Also thanks for the slang link.
Carmel wrote: "OMG now I think he's gone crazy!!Hmmm the sketch on the wall, you have successfully put me back in my box, I'm speechless!! White wine - no haven't had a chardonnay in a longg time - Sav blanc is..."
Carmel speechless! Na I don't fink so!Not goina happen!
Laura wrote: "Tony wrote: "Thanks Laura for the effort it made sense after a few reads!"Haha..No problems :) I'm a web/graphic designer so I help people out with this sorta stuff.
Carmel wrote: "Ha ha, I know,..."
Thanks Laura
Carmel wrote: "Laura, thanks for your simple solution to the problem which was getting bigger than Ben Hur!!!LOL"lolol
Here's a funny picture to lighten the mood [image error]
XD
Thanks for that Laura. Though as a parent, it makes me want to cry. :P
I knooow poor duckies lol Yeaa, could fix that up buuut then there is no joke anymores :P lololWhat about -
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LOL
I wonder how dirty that thing was.
ROFL. Someone should feed that child.
Laura wrote: "Here's a funny picture to lighten the mood XD"I love that duck picture. Made me laugh out loud!:DD
Laura wrote: "Here's a funny picture to lighten the mood XD"I love that duck picture. Made me laugh out loud!:DD
Hehehehe..collecting funny pictures has become kinda a hobby of mine >_>;;; But I won't over take this thread..lol
Laura wrote: "Hehehehe..collecting funny pictures has become kinda a hobby of mine >_>;;; But I won't over take this thread..lol"Feel free to start a thread for funny pictures in the "Just For Fun" folder if you like! I've got a couple I could add too!;D
Excellent article from The Age newspaper on where our Aussie accent comes from:"Tim Elliott finds the Australian drawl owes nothing to flies or Cockneys - and is becoming increasingly egalitarian.
Before we get to the bit about Ned Kelly's real accent, how teenage girls are changing the way we speak or the myth of the US, let's just dispense with a few of the more ludicrous theories, shall we? For a start, the Australian accent did not come from:
1) trying to keep the flies out of our mouths;
2) trying to keep the pollen out of our mouths;
3) trying to keep the dust of this wide, brown land out of our mouths;
4) trying to keep anything out of our mouths - just forget about the mouth thing;
5) the Irish and/or Cockney accent.
No, the Australian accent is all ours, unique and home-grown, like Vegemite, something no one can, or would even want, to take away from us. But if the way we speak didn't have anything to do with flies or dust or the Irish, then where did it come from? How has it changed? And where is it going?" Read more.
Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English
I didn't know that 'Buckleys' was a uniquely Australian saying. The Australian slang terms 'Buckley's', 'Buckley's chance' and 'Buckley's and none', meaning 'next to no chance' are based on the experience of William Buckley, an escaped convict. Buckley survived in the bush with the Watourang people in the Geelong region for 32 years before giving himself up in 1835.Source: http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.a...
I had an American complain on my blog about my use of punctuation (since, as with spelling, that too differs between Australia and the US). When I mentioned this on another blog discussing whether you should mention typos on authors' websites to the author (along the lines of, make sure it really is a typo before you offer a correction), I was told that if I wanted to write for an international audience, I should use international spelling. There seemed to be an unspoken assumption that 'international spelling' is actually 'US spelling'.That said, I make my books available internationally, but I'm proud of being Australian and of producing books by Australian authors, so I would never drop out Australian language or spelling.
Wendy wrote: "I had an American complain on my blog about my use of punctuation (since, as with spelling, that too differs between Australia and the US). When I mentioned this on another blog discussing whether ..."I find that attitude really annoying too Wendy. Very ignorant of the world at large and the importance of other cultures.
Speaking of spelling, why doesn't GR have an option for actual English instead of the American version. Even Facebook has this option. It's really annoying having everything you write highlighted. I pretty much refuse to correct my English (& Australian) spelling to the American version.
Me too I'm a stickler for spelling everything the English (& Australian) way. It is accepted and expected in the groups I frequent.
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Me too I'm a stickler for spelling everything the English (& Australian) way. It is accepted and expected in the groups I frequent."Ditto, Gail! I explain anything to the groups they don't understand and most of them are good-natured about it, even interested.
And I've had the good luck for my 2 books to be published with English/Aussie spelling. The first because it's set in colonial America and the second because it's a contemporary set in Oz.
Wonder how long I can get away with it?
Monya (aka Mary) Clayton
For all you wordsmiths out there, the Macquarie Dictionary (Australian Dictionary) is having it's Word of the Year 2010 competition. You can vote here. I especially like:mamil
'mamuhl
[m(iddle)-a(ged) m(en) i(n) l(ycra)]
noun Colloquial a man who takes up cycling as a pursuit during middle age, especially one who makes this a lifestyle statement by acquiring the accoutrements of a professional cyclist such as the most modern and powerful form of bicycle, lycra clothing, etc.
self-gift
'self-gift
noun something bought for oneself as a personal indulgence.
–self-gifting, noun
–self-gifted, adjective
backchannel
'bakchanuhl
noun 1. → back channel.
2. Telecommunications (in an asymmetric communications system) a low-speed channel in which data moves in the opposite direction to the main channel.
3. Politics an unofficial means of communication which circumvents official channels, especially as used for the purpose of informal or secret discussions or negotiations.
4. Linguistics (in a conversation) the phatic response to the principal speaker.
–verb (backchannelled or, Chiefly US, backchanneled, backchannelling or, Chiefly US, backchanneling)
–verb (t) 5. to communicate by electronic means with (other members of an audience), indicating immediate responses to the speaker, performer, etc.
–verb (i) 6. to operate a backchannel.
7. to communicate by means of a backchannel.
–backchannelling, noun
–backchanneller, noun
That last word is hilarious! It deserves a winning category of its own - Word most likely to be used as a 'double-entendre'!
I'm partial to mamil".I was looking at the phonetic spellings on that list..I swear I have seen "soohpuh profuht" and "suh'vuyvuhlizuhm" on some facebook posts.
Velvetink wrote: "I'm partial to mamil".I was looking at the phonetic spellings on that list..I swear I have seen "soohpuh profuht" and "suh'vuyvuhlizuhm" on some facebook posts."
ROFL!!
Carmel wrote: "I so relate to the "self-gift" that's how I generally get my presents/flowers!!ha ha"Yes this christmas was the year of 'self-gifting' for me too! LOL
Oh lordie me. My boss is an 'mamil'.
'self-gifting' is the only way I get presents every year.
'self-gifting' is the only way I get presents every year.
Mandy wrote: "For all you wordsmiths out there, the Macquarie Dictionary (Australian Dictionary) is having it's Word of the Year 2010 competition."I'm sorry, I just caught that ref to Macquarie - Bill Bryson had a fun bit in In a Sunburned Country with all the Macquaries and Lachlans and Darlings (which book I'm almost done with, and so have started a thread topic elsewhere here for).
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Oh lordie me. My boss is an 'mamil'.'self-gifting' is the only way I get presents every year."
I'm in that club with you Gail. I've always just 'sucked it up' and tried not to think about it but this year, I finally decided I better buy myself something and ...surprise, surprise... I'm so happy I did. Who knew that martyrdom caused so much mysery? I thought I was just moody coz I'm so flat out organising Christmas but turns out I'm cranky coz no b***ard bought me a present. Ha ha ha! Christmas and birthdays will never be the same. Even my husband would have to agree self-gifting is a good thing. LOL!
Embrace it Dot, you never have to hide your dissapointment.
Maybe next year we will organise a 'Kris Kringle' gift exchange. It worked really well in another group I'm in.
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That would be a wonderful idea (I'm the same juvenile, Carmel LOL), but wouldn't it be a logistical nightmare to organise Gail? Just as well you and Mandy are the moderators...:D
It was really very easy to organise.
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Maybe next year we will organise a 'Kris Kringle' gift exchange. It worked really well in another group I'm in."Yay! Reading that has me all excited at the thought. Move over and enter me in the "juvenile" ranks please.
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Yay! Reading that has me all excited at the thought. Move o..."
We're all 'juveniles' at heart Dot..LOL
No "old goats" in here - just "big kids"!! Love the Kris Kringle idea :)
Maybe we should do the Kris Kringle for 30 June. I'm not sure I can wait until December. :)
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Well, they do have Christmas in July!!! :D
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In a Sunburned Country (other topics)Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English (other topics)
Enforcer: The Real Story of One of Australia's Most Feared Outlaw Bikers (other topics)
Aussie Slang Pictorial (other topics)
They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases (other topics)
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