By: mdoinit
20/11/2008
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the media is at it again.
VERANDAH is spelt with a H in Australia..
soon they will have us writing AUZZIE as they appear to be u.s. sympathisers |
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By: mdoinit
20/11/2008
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| BU HAo meaning NOT GOOD... RUBBISH |
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By: dalone.ranger
20/11/2008
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| Just a quick point, in Australia, NOT GOOD....RUBBISH, is spelt, NOT GOOD....RUBBISH, not BU HAo. |
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By: mdoinit
20/11/2008
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| exactly my point. so let's keep vigilant about Australian language... I'm glad you are a supporter and I hope you are as quick to point out the failings of the media and their diluting of the Aussie language |
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By: dalone.ranger
21/11/2008
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| The failings of the media, where would one start? |
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By: fastcar6933
24/11/2008
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| dude, havent you heard man....we have become mini-america....next thing the media will be sayin we need to change the national anthem to whatever the yanks do..... |
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By: dalone.ranger
24/11/2008
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Can't imagine even the media would be so stupid as to want us to copy what the US does. Just take their ridiculous presidential system. 4 years in power, 2 of them on the campaign trail. And forget it unless you have millions spare in your bank account. And a system whereby the president can be from the party in opposition, giving him just a veto to play with. Like bush has vetoed stem cell research, because of being a born again christian.
No, our media would never be so stupid as to wish we copy much of what the dumb yanks do. (just look at their gun laws, dumbest people in the world) |
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By: monkey_pie1
24/11/2008
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ummmm......why is Mandarin being used to describe the failings of the NT News?
someone take a couple of weeks of chinese lessons, hey? |
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By: pol_pak
24/11/2008
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...."whereby the president can be from the party in opposition, giving him just a veto to play with"....
Is called "the Separation of Powers", to place upon the Administrative or Executive managing authority accountability, the need to negotiate, with the Legislative authority.
Aim is so general population do not get stuffed... by the ruling class...
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By: dalone.ranger
24/11/2008
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Aim is so general population do not get stuffed... by the ruling class...
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These days we don't have a ruling class, we are more or less all, the general population.
I would see our example as being the bloody senate where the opposition may be in control, or, incredibly, a single independent may hold the balance of power. As far as I am concerned, and it doesn't always work to my benefit, I would like to see the senate abolished because I believe when we vote for a party we expect that party to govern for us, and not have the opposition, which may have superior numbers in the senate, deciding which bills pass. |
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By: dalone.ranger
24/11/2008
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ummmm......why is Mandarin being used to describe the failings of the NT News?
someone take a couple of weeks of chinese lessons, hey?
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Mandarin? Did I miss something? |
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By: dalone.ranger
24/11/2008
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And to reinforce this view I relate something I heard in parliament today, ABC news station.
A number of times reference was made to the 'Rudd government'. Not the 'Rudd government and those who control the senate', just the 'Rudd government'. I take that to mean the man who leads the party which was elected to be the government. |
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By: monkey_pie1
25/11/2008
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| Bu Hao is Mandarin chinese for "not good" or "bad" |
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By: dalone.ranger
25/11/2008
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| Ah ha! |
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By: monkey_pie1
25/11/2008
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yeaahhhh.....still trying to figure out what the hell Chinese has to do with the NT News.
Maybe someone caught a record barra using a dim sim as bait on the weekend? |
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By: dalone.ranger
25/11/2008
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| Mdoinit used it 5 days ago, don't think it has a direct connection to the NT NEWS in itself. |
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By: monkey_pie1
25/11/2008
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yeah....was just a bit perplexed about it's relevance.
I remember that the NT news was the first newspaper I'd even seen that let prostitutes advertise in it. |
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By: mdoinit
26/11/2008
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dear monkey pie, if you check out the entry 6 days ago you will come to an understanding... but wait there's more i'll show you..
"exactly my point. so let's keep vigilant about Australian language... I'm glad you are a supporter and I hope you are as quick to point out the failings of the media and their diluting of the Aussie language"
Bu Hao is pinyin for no good no good..mandarin perhaps but pu tong hua is what I hear..
& a side bar is not a lesson but a lazy sojourn in the land of beauty, love, freedoms, discriminations and prejudices, gen gou yummmmmm and mny other delicious foods...woof woof. |
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By: dalone.ranger
26/11/2008
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| Well that explains everything, I think. |
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By: monkey_pie1
27/11/2008
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Hmmm...thanks for enlightening me, mdoinit.
I fully understand the point of using pinyin and english together now.
Zai jian, mate. :) |
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By: mdoinit
20/02/2009
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have you seen now the inclusion of "neighbor" in the papers? and the list is getting bigger.
then there's the fahrenheit temp. on the homepages of YAHOO7.
read the paper and the date now has changed to american as in month day year...
some people in the media still say day, month, year aka (Australian speak). are we so inferior that we are sucked toward a colonial power as the u.s. is?
why are the recent generation foregoing the Australian 1st mentality? why are they so ashamed of AUSTRALIAN WAY... |
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By: unidentifiedbloke
20/02/2009
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| I don't think the "Americanisation" of our language and culture is because we are "inferior" or "foregoing the Australian 1st mentality" but more like a case of simply being outnumbered by Americans and their way of life. Our TV and other forms of media are flooded by American produced stuff and it seems to brainwash the younger, less mature audiences. I don't like it really but it seems that American culture is becoming more and more common here. Long live the Aussie culture; leave the American stuff behind in the US!!! |
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By: mdoinit
20/02/2009
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" but more like a case of simply being outnumbered by Americans and their way of life."unidentifiedbloke
maaate, wot you mean ha?being outnumbered is certainly a reailty of inferiority is is not...
perhaps what i should of stated was a sense of being infeior.
Agreed Australians are no way inferior to americans.
SO what do we do about it? |
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By: steve_ropa
20/02/2009
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bring back the days of the dina and zack, when men were called blokes not guys, yanks gave us the hamburger which contained no ham, truckies not truckers, bikies not bikers, when a quid was not a dollar, caps were worn with the peak in front, chips rafferty was our hero not arnie.
yes, australia has lost its identity and we can truly be called little america, its such a pity |
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By: iondraco
16/07/2009
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| The whole culture is under attack. Why does Australia have so many T.V. shows that are American? This is destroying the wonderful Aussie accent? I also think it is sad that the Australian stockman is looking more like a Hollywood cowboy with the clothes and now the traditional stock saddle is becoming a halfbreed. It really stinks. Can't people protest and stop this destruction of culture? I think the French have a law that requires radio stations to play so many French songs for every American one. Can't Australia do something like this? |
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