Nicole

b) crayon
We definitely call it Maccas!

What do you call what you wear swimming?
a) swimmers
b) togs
c) bathers
d) other?
This is one which changes across Australia depending on which state you are from! Thankfully both the states I’ve lived in call them bathers 🙂

b) crayon
We definitely call it Maccas!

What do you call what you wear swimming?
a) swimmers
b) togs
c) bathers
d) other?
This is one which changes across Australia depending on which state you are from! Thankfully both the states I’ve lived in call them bathers 🙂

b) crayon
We definitely call it Maccas!

What do you call what you wear swimming?
a) swimmers
b) togs
c) bathers
d) other?
This is one which changes across Australia depending on which state you are from! Thankfully both the states I’ve lived in call them bathers 🙂

Robin, the colloquial meaning of ‘dag’ here can mean a few thing – it can describe someone’s dress style (negative), it can refer to an ‘uncool/nerdy type’ person, or it can be used in an affectionate way (also suggesting a nerdy type, but lovingly!). Btw – DO NOT Google it to check it’s more formal meaning 😉

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D. Sometimes… cray-uns, emphasis on cray.

Here’s one,

Are your Crayola crayons called:

a) colors
b) crayons
c) color crayons
d) “crans”
e) something else ______________

Jinx the buy me a coke/soda thing is from SNL???

We are a house divided that cannot stand… 😉

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Nicole has said Tildy is a dag, I think it means cute/funny — she was doing a cute pose in a photo. I’m not sure if it’s something you call your own kid, but it would be too familiar to call somebody else’s kid a dag? Can it apply to animals or nonliving objects?

And what are maccas?

Also not a dealbreaker, but when I read from my phone the right margin of the post bleeds off the edge where I can’t see it. I tried to shrink my screen, no luck. It’s just off the edge. I use a Galaxy S5 so the screen is plenty large.

Also not a dealbreaker, but when I read from my phone the right margin of the post bleeds off the edge where I can’t see it. I tried to shrink my screen, no luck. It’s just off the edge. I use a Galaxy S5 so the scene is plenty large.