Verily I say unto thee, that Terry Porter spake thusly:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:13:50 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
>> Oh, I think you are being too literal. Certainly that is the
>> derivation of the terms, but they have a broader use today.
>
> No they don't have a broader use today, it's *exactly* as Greg says.
>
> I'm not a 'Digger' and you have been watching too much tv ... mate.
Yes, and obviously not the Discovery Channel either.
Did you seriously expect anything more than crass ignorance from a
typically insular and narcissistic Seppo?
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K.
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