Well, we certainly did a bit of frecking at circus school, but would never attempt to be an funambulist. The children both learned to be trapecistas. I liked to stay very close to the ground. lol


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~scrabble, oh ~scrabble, where for art thou?

Hope you're OK there or better said, I hope you're doing great there and just away having fun or on holidays or something nice.

Here's a couple to fill in till you get back

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse = ?

a bogon = ?

bush telegraph = ?

don't come the raw prawn with me = ?

kit and kaboodle = ?

like a two bob watch = ?

you got the rough end of the pineapple = ?

true blue = ?

fair dinkum = ?

Hi Lara ...... thanks for asking about me. I've just been a bit quiet, I guess. We've had tons and tons of rain and the grey days tend to make me feel blah.


I was thinking there maybe wasn't much interest in these 'weird words' but if it is just the 2 of us ... then so be it.

Circus school sounds cool!

OK .... back to my line ... (even though you know the meanings of the words)...

"I wonder if Curious saw a funambulist frecking at the circus?"

funabmbulist -[fyoo-nam-byoo-list] - a tightrope walker. The word can also be used figuratively to describe people who think quickly on their feet.

freck - [frek] - an obsolete Scottish word meaning 'to move quickly or nimbly.' Freck can also mean 'keen for mischief, ready for trouble.'

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And now on to your phrases:


a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse = ?
(well a blind horse wouldn't see either a nod or a wink so I guess that means they are meaningless ?)

a bogon = ?
(A bog is a marshy area ... so maybe it means 'travelling over a bog on a sled' - like a toboggan)

bush telegraph = ?
(someone who runs through the bush with a message delivers a 'bush telegraph')

don't come the raw prawn with me = ?
(just don't give me any flack)

kit and kaboodle = ?
(everything including the kitchen sink)

like a two bob watch = ?
(a cheap time piece)

you got the rough end of the pineapple = ?
(don't go wearing pineapple bras)

true blue = ?
(a friend to the end)

fair dinkum = ?
(being honest and treating someone fairly)

Ahh, OK. No, I got that wrong. I thought it meant like "balancing" but nimble makes more sense. Thanks for that.

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And now on to your phrases:

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse = ?
(well a blind horse wouldn't see either a nod or a wink so I guess that means they are meaningless ?)

Yes

a bogon = ?
(A bog is a marshy area ... so maybe it means 'travelling over a bog on a sled' - like a toboggan)

no. a bogon describes a person. No idea why, but usually it describes someone who wears their hair in a mullet and has an "attitude". (tell me if you need translation for mullet lol)

bush telegraph = ?
(someone who runs through the bush with a message delivers a 'bush telegraph')

local gossip network

don't come the raw prawn with me = ?
(just don't give me any flack)

Sort of. Yes. Don't try to fool me.

kit and kaboodle = ?
(everything including the kitchen sink)

Yes. Everything

like a two bob watch = ?
(a cheap time piece)

Yes, can mean a watch that doesn't work well or for long, or can describe other things that don't work as well.

you got the rough end of the pineapple = ?
(don't go wearing pineapple bras)

LOL!
A bad deal

true blue = ?
(a friend to the end)

Yes. Genuine

fair dinkum = ?
(being honest and treating someone fairly)[/QUOTE]

Yes. Same... and genuine

You're very good at that, scrabble. I didn't know some of them and I'm a true blue aussie. lol
I heard about the weather. Lots of rain and boiling water? Hope you're using your light (nightlight is it called?) so you can get some benefit from that on the dreary days.

I remember reading 'fair dinkum' in a novel, 'Matthew Flinders Cat'. That is also where I learned what a 'poof' means! (Good book ... I passed it on to my parents who both enjoyed reading it too.)

It has gotten colder so we are getting lots of snow, which is a pretty change from all the rain! Luckily we haven't had to boil our water here. On the mainland though, I've heard they are still boiling water for at least one minute before drinking it.

I have a nightlight .... but that is a little one beside my bed so I can see my way in the dark!

It is my LiteBook that I use every morning for Seasonal Affective Disorder.

"I'm not too excited about the frigoric [fri-gor-ik] but the upside is that we don't need to worry about gallinippers!" [gal-i-nip-er]

I forgot to check here, scrabble.

LiteBook. That's it! I knew it wasn't a nightlight LOL

OK. *thinking
gall might be a wasp or fly or some type of insect.
gall that nips LOL Nah.

frig is sort of like fridge

I'm not too excited about the snow or cold, but the upside is that we don't need to worry about the biting insects!"?

maybe gallinippers is a mozzie.

p.s. forgot to mention. I've not read "Mathew Flinders Cat". I might put that on my long list here.
Wondering if you've ever read any of the John Marsden books? Great aussie writer.

Hi Lara,

You did a great job with that last one ...

"I'm not too excited about the frigoric [fri-gor-ik] but the upside is that we don't need to worry about gallinippers!" [gal-i-nip-er]

frigoric - an imagined, nonexistent substance supposed to be the cause of cold.

gallinipper - a large mosquito.

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Matthew Flinders
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Captain Matthew Flinders. RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned as a spy, identified and corrected the effect of iron components and equipment on board wooden ships upon compass readings, and wrote the seminal work on Australian exploration A Voyage To Terra Australis.


Bryce Courtenay wrote the novel called Matthew Flinders' Cat

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Billy O'Shannessy, once a prominent Sydney barrister, is now homeless and living on the street where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library in Sydney. Above him on a window ledge sits a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders' cat, Trim. Into this setting comes Ryan, a ten year old boy, a near street kid heading for all the usual troubles that beset teenagers with difficulties and terrible home lives.

Bryce Courtenay is the bestselling author of The Power of One, Tandia, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Jessica, Solomon's Song, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Family Frying Pan, The Night Country, Smokey Joe's Cafi, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders' Cat, Brother Fish and Whitethorn.

(I have also read 'Jessica')
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I just did a search on John Marsden. I haven't read any of his books, but they do sound good. I'll have to ask my daughter if she is familiar with his writing. Thanks