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[Tim]

Craig White:
>>> aussie aussie aussie
>>> oy oy oy

Tim: 
>> I never head that childish chant before until we had some soldiers doing
>> some sort of rescue mission overseas.  It's not a part of *our* culture.

Alan Cox:
> Its a very old part of Australian culture, one that came over with
> 'cousin Jack' (the tin miners from Cornwall). So old nobody is entirely
> sure of its origin although the most credible one seems to be from Oggie
> (Kernowek: Hoggan) for a Cornish Pastie (Oggie oggie oggie! being shouted
> down a mine to indicate lunch arriving).

Must be regional then, I've *NEVER* heard it before then, in South
Australia.

... What's that skip?  He's broken a leg?  You fly the chopper and I'll
drive over with the first aid kit...

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