Reviewer: katie_606 Signed
Date: July 20, 2008
Title: Chapter 22: Fair Dinkum Drongo
LOL I'm Australian, and i can honestly say i've NEVER heard Seppo or 'within cooee' (i've heard cooee, it's a call you make in the bush, i guess if you're lost) before. And some of the others i've only heard in extreme moderation!
Author's Response:
Oh, well! Steve really DID call me a seppo – several times! Really! And I knew I was going out on a limb with the others, since I was relying entirely on an Aussie slang dictionary. Come to think of it, although most of the Australians we met did use a lot of slang, Steve was the worst. And he actually tried to sell me on some story sweepers on the Harbor Bridge ... that shortly before rush hour, they'd close the bridge and "sweepers" would cross the bridge swinging brooms or some such to get the 'roos off! My husband actually thought it was plausible! Oy. I had an artist friend draw a cartoon of the sweepers and framed it for Steve as a thank you gift that I gave him on Anzac Day.
What the hay – hopefully, you're the only one who will know!