Comments on: Crikey, Streuth, Bloody & Blimey http://christianbowman.com/general/crikey-streuth-bloody-blimey/ Christian Bowman - Blog Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marilyn Yurdan http://christianbowman.com/general/crikey-streuth-bloody-blimey/comment-page-1/#comment-3968 Marilyn Yurdan Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:11:50 +0000 http://christianbowman.com/2006/09/18/crikey-streuth-bloody-blimey/#comment-3968 The religious derivations which you mention are correct but what makes you think these words are particularly Aussie? We had them first and although some are old-fashioned, Bloody is in daily use and so is Blimey, among Londoners in particular. The religious derivations which you mention are correct but
what makes you think these words are particularly Aussie? We had them first and although some are old-fashioned, Bloody is in daily use and so is Blimey, among Londoners in particular.

]]> By: casbot http://christianbowman.com/general/crikey-streuth-bloody-blimey/comment-page-1/#comment-69 casbot Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:42:00 +0000 http://christianbowman.com/2006/09/18/crikey-streuth-bloody-blimey/#comment-69 I wonder if the evolution and mutation of language could be classed as being caused by memes? It's interesting to see the differences in the evolution of a language in different countries.. eg. Australia & England. While we got a majority of lower-class "criminals", England's population was still a mixture of upper- & lower-class, so the general spoken language and accent remained pretty much the same, apart from general evolutionary givens (introduction of new words, alteration of accent due to colloquialisms and the reduced importance of formality in language). Or maybe I'm drawing a long BOW here? Oh haha. LANGUAGES ARE FUN LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme I wonder if the evolution and mutation of language could be classed as being caused by memes? It’s interesting to see the differences in the evolution of a language in different countries.. eg. Australia & England. While we got a majority of lower-class “criminals”, England’s population was still a mixture of upper- & lower-class, so the general spoken language and accent remained pretty much the same, apart from general evolutionary givens (introduction of new words, alteration of accent due to colloquialisms and the reduced importance of formality in language).

Or maybe I’m drawing a long BOW here? Oh haha. LANGUAGES ARE FUN LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

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