Re: [GZG] [OT] Army Life
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@g...>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:26:01 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] [OT] Army Life
On 1/12/06, Jaime Tiampo <fugugaipan@spikyfishthing.com> wrote:
>
> > ROFL! There is a US equivalent that's been making the rounds of the
> > internet for years, but I think it's even funnier in Australian.
> >
> > John
>
> It's because they use the word bum isn't it. ;-)
> >> before the Ekka last year. All ya gotta do is make yourself
comfortable
^^^^^^^
No, but this passage did contain the one totally untranslatable term.
Everything else I can get from context, but WTF is an Ekka?
John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again. We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani
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