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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Football Australian style. |
This from a newly appointed minor comp rugby league coach in Mr Hellglitter's part of the world. ''I won't know how we're looking until I know what blokes we've got,'' ' ''You've got to have the cattle, and hopefully we've got a lot of guys keen to go.'' I'm semi-reliably informed, it's an American expression. One worth adopting methinks. |
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| Author: | Wayne Countryman [ Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Football Australian style. |
paulwiggins wrote: This from a newly appointed minor comp rugby league coach in Mr Hellglitter's part of the world.
''I won't know how we're looking until I know what blokes we've got,'' ' ''You've got to have the cattle, and hopefully we've got a lot of guys keen to go.'' I'm semi-reliably informed, it's an American expression. One worth adopting methinks. We tend toward "horses," not "cattle." No "blokes." No one is "keen," but our football players somehow give "110 percent." Another American expression: "He's all hat and no cattle." |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:23 am ] |
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The last presemts a good case for international English. If one were to tell one the head that quote inspired one would go firmly into the hall of shame Member No#1 rferes to in the post [url=http://www.testycopyeditors.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3741[url]Anatomy of a bad headline[/url] |
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| Author: | Docsdoctor [ Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:29 pm ] |
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You mean that cow won't hunt? |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:21 pm ] |
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Taken under advisement. |
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