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In a valiant and sublime effort,Eric
frowned, dipped a thumb in soot and doodled:
>37 years in Aus, never heard anyone say "rellos". "rellies" - lots of
>times. My wife agrees and she's Aus born. Immigrants and visitors
>often take a common language pattern as a universal rule, and
>therefore get things "wrong". But sometimes the "wrong" usage takes
>over - is this happening in this case?
Dunno. Bloke at work, tru-blu and in his mid-50s, says "rellos".
So does everybody else I know and I rarely mix with immigrants,
although I'm one.
Probably an area thing. I've heard many different expressions in
Vistoria and WA for the same thing.
Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Fri Nov 02 2001 - 06:28:52 CST