Coffee Time!

[Tolorah]

Brother, the term "Diggers" is used to describe Australian and New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. Diggers were seen to possess the characteristics of hardiness, the Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) spirit, mateship and resourcefulness. The term is still used today as slang for an Australian soldier.

There are numerous theories about the origin of the term but it was not in wide use amongst soldiers until 1917. It was first applied to New Zealand troops before being adopted by the Australians as well. The term had been in wide use prior to the war on the Australian gold fields and New Zealand Kauri gum fields. 

General William Birdwood, on the evening of 25 April 1915, following the landing at Anzac Cove, which contained the postscript:

"P.S.—You have got through the difficult business, now you have only to dig, dig, dig, until you are safe."

While New Zealanders would call each other "Digger", all other nationalities, including Australians, tended to call them "Kiwis". The equivalent slang for a British soldier was "Tommy" from Tommy Atkins. However, while the Anzacs would happily refer to themselves as "Diggers", the British soldier generally resented being called "Tommy".

After all this, I need a cup coffee...........

Yay to Wikipedia!!!! ahndy for everything!!!!....

Thinking on the good aussie slang from the war its amazing how much we still use! heres some that i remember for ur general entertainment:
boss - superior officer - apparently started from us in the war
rollies- cigarettes that you have to roll yaself
jack - otiose
helo or chopper - helicopter
emu bob - picking up rubbish off the floor
drabs - ur clothes

these are some of the many....we never realise how much slang we talk until we talk to someone from overseas....we had a french guy stay with us at one stage and we had to explain to him what a "fluke" was....so tell me....do you guys know what one is???

[nChrist]

Good Morning Sister Tolorah!

jack - otiose
emu bob - picking up rubbish off the floor

I understood all of them but these two. I don't have a clue on the first one on either side of the " - ".   

As far as I know, an emu is an ugly looking bird that looks something like an ostrich from a distance. So, I'm having a hard time with this one.   

A "fluke" is something odd that probably couldn't happen again. Am I doing just a little bit better than I did in the riddles?   

[Soldier4Christ]

There is a lot of the slang that I don't know even though I spent quite a bit of time with a number of Aussies.

Fluke ....  hmmm ..... what Brother Tom said and then there is the little microscopic creature called fluke.

I haven't heard of any other use of the word.

[Tolorah]

Good Morning Sister Tolorah!

I understood all of them but these two. I don't have a clue on the first one on either side of the " - ".   

As far as I know, an emu is an ugly looking bird that looks something like an ostrich from a distance. So, I'm having a hard time with this one.   

A "fluke" is something odd that probably couldn't happen again. Am I doing just a little bit better than I did in the riddles?   

Evening over here guys!    You are right with the fluke being somewhat a stroke of luck so i guess its just the cheese boys that are having a bit of trouble with it!!! To be a jack is to be useless and the word emu-bob i guess came from what you look a bit like when you are picking up rubbish off the floor/ground bending up and down - yes like an ostrich to but that would hardly be aussie!!!  We have so much slang that id hate to come here from another country!!!

[Shammu]

hinking on the good aussie slang from the war its amazing how much we still use!
emu bob - picking up rubbish off the floor
drabs - ur clothes

These two, I've never hear before...........................  

[Shammu]

And it is dinner time now, so I'll see y'all later.

[Tolorah]

These two, I've never hear before...........................  

morning guys.....seems like the emu-bob is esp aussie....well there ya go!!! wonder how much of the other aussie slang isnt known around the world cause by now many poeple are using it too...

[Soldier4Christ]

Slang here in the U.S. varies from one area to the next. Much of it has it roots from many countries around the world and then has been molded here even further into more. Some of the younger generations here also come up with all kinds of new ones it seems everyday.

[Shammu]

Some of the younger generations here also come up with all kinds of new ones it seems everyday.

I know.................

[Tolorah]

I know.................

Even i know that because for some reason the youth of Australia seem to find it necessarly to copy everything america....not that i helps that its all over the tv and movies here...many australian companies are now owned overseas which is pretty horrible you ring up a company like telstra and you cant understand what the person is saying...apparently 2/3 of the people working on the maintenance for QANTAS are working on 2 yr working visas!!!  and thats the same with many companies so many jobs are taken off-shore....i think ill move to America.....these prob more Aussies over there than there are here now! sad sad state that this country is in now...

[nChrist]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

We've had a cold front blow in during the night, so this hot coffee sure is good.

It is fascinating to learn how many words come into being, and Pastor Roger has it right. I could give you several examples that are within miles of where I live. We have a large and very old German community about 16 miles to my West, and many of them are my friends. I understand most of what they say, but they do have words that they commonly use that might have originated in Germany many years ago.

We also have several Indian tribes living within a few miles of us, and the same is true for them.

There is a term for fad words or slang from various cultures, and I'll try to spell it:

colloquialisms - I think   

Someone even told me that OKIES have some words that other folks don't use, but I didn't believe them.     If we say anything that isn't in the dictionary, it needs to be added to the dictionary immediately.   

Tolorah, I see that you are on, so I'll help you out a little bit. "OKIES" are people from Oklahoma.

[Soldier4Christ]

"OKIES" are people from Oklahoma.

Unless you are in California and then an Okie is anyone that is a redneck, lower income people that have come from anywhere out of state. I went there from Illinois and was still called an Okie. 

[Tolorah]

haha thanx for that i had no idea the only okie i know is from okie dokes as in ok lol...

talking about cold fronts...were are obv nearly in summer here so the last thing we expect here is a cold front...yet today i dont think it got above 10 which is rare enough in winter!!! and it hailed in my city and were my bro lives around 250km from melb i guess it snowed!!!!

[Soldier4Christ]

There is a warming period here. It's 44 degrees and not even 5 am yet.

[Tolorah]

hmmmm let me just translate that....if you're talking F thats like 6 nearly 7 degrees!!!! ahhhh thats cold!!! thats how cold it is here 6.3!!!