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Old April 15th, 2005, 11:19 PM   #18
Lara
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Originally Posted by Fragmentary
So is it possible for an Austrlalian and an American to carry on a coherent converstation using just those two words? I'm going to try to get a grant from the government to find out.

American: Dude.
Australian: Mate.
American: Dude?
Australian: MATE!

...then they go have a beer.
beer first, always the beer first, or you will never get anyone to participate in your study.

Better still than the government, ask a beer company to sponsor the research!! Or a university psychology department: they are always looking for relevancy in their work

" The etemology of inflective conversion in social discourse" for the uni study
"Tourist conversion: levels of cross cultural understanding" for the government (don't get near the free trade deal, or the military cooperation pact: sore points..)
"Enhancement of beer consumption : an American/ Australian study" for the beer company..

As one of our current beer adds tells us, Its all good, mate!

Cheers,
Lara
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