Re: [Lingo] words with kanji in common

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 15/07/07, Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com> wrote:

> On 15/07/07, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, tonnes--or "heaps and heaps", as Jim Breen would (presumably) say. ;)
>
> Dunno why you'd presume that. "heaps and heaps" has a 1950s Britspeak
> feel to it.

Ah, I had only heard it from Aussies in the past, so I *assumed*
(there go assumptions making me look foolish again) that it was a part
of the Aussie vernacular.

> Not a phrase I am given to using.

Well, there you have it from the horse's mouth. ;)

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Cheers,
Josh