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Old 03-10-2008, 07:55 AM     #31 (permalink)
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Old 03-10-2008, 08:03 AM     #32 (permalink)
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Joe, I'll try and help out here, but don't forget, this is mean't to be humourous, we Aussies mean no harm, and you are welcome to "give it right back at us"!! "Seppo" is basically what we call rhyming slang. Seppo, meaning an American, started out as "Septic tank" (rhymes with Yank), then shortened to "Septic", then shortened again to "Seppo".
Hope this clears up any confusion, and it's been nice knowing you all, I can see me getting banned for this........LOL...being an American forum, and all!
Tell ya what, T, the way things are going at the moment it looks like we could use as many friends as we can get Bill Clinton said over the weekend that over half the world is mad at us (U.S.) so seppo is fine. I guess since both our countries are Great Britain's throw-offs, we should be the world's bastard children, anyway! i'd rather have 5 Aussies at my back and sides than 100 of anybody else! You guys know how to fight dirty and I just LOVE that quality in a person!!
BTW, How about shedding some light on "Digger". I've got a general idea but never got it from the horse's mouth. Oh, and another thing: According to my wife and kids I do a fine imitation of a septic tank, so I guess i resemble that!
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Well, now, after following the Aussie slang link like I should have, now I know a digger is a soldier. FIGJAM! Time to go get a gutful of piss and give a gobful to a pommie! How was that, DK?
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"Seppo" is basically what we call rhyming slang. Seppo, meaning an American, started out as "Septic tank" (rhymes with Yank), then shortened to "Septic", then shortened again to "Seppo".
So you're calling us septic tanks?

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Old 03-11-2008, 02:33 AM     #37 (permalink)
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Tell ya what, T, the way things are going at the moment it looks like we could use as many friends as we can get Bill Clinton said over the weekend that over half the world is mad at us (U.S.) so seppo is fine. I guess since both our countries are Great Britain's throw-offs, we should be the world's bastard children, anyway! i'd rather have 5 Aussies at my back and sides than 100 of anybody else! You guys know how to fight dirty and I just LOVE that quality in a person!!
BTW, How about shedding some light on "Digger". I've got a general idea but never got it from the horse's mouth. Oh, and another thing: According to my wife and kids I do a fine imitation of a septic tank, so I guess i resemble that!
Good on you Joe! Yes, you are right there, we are both colonial cast offs from Britain and Europe I guess, so we do have a lot in common. Like I've mentioned to DK before, if it wasn't for you Americans coming to our aid in the second world war, I most probably would be speaking with a heavy Japanese accent. Thanks to your forebears help and sacrifice, I live in a free democratic country, so thanks guys!!
Where the term "Digger" came from Joe, was the first world war, where in Europe the Aussie soldiers had to dig trenches, because a lot of the terrain was quite flat, to fight from, hence they were called "Diggers". All Aussie soldiers are now called Diggers, it's virtually replaced the name of Soldier.
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So you're calling us septic tanks?

Well for a potty mouth like that, we have our ways of dealing with you
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Thanks for the explanation on "Digger", T. Don't sweat Glider. Me and DK will back you. Oh, and by the way, FIGJAM has replaced "Damn, I'm good" in my vocabulary. Much better way of expressing the sentiment!
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