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Pommie lingo test is unfair dinkum, mate

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Pommie lingo test is unfair dinkum, mate: “They may describe women as ’sheilas’ and use ‘bastard’ as a term of endearment but, apart from pedants, few suggest Australians cannot speak English.

Few, that is, apart from the Home Office. Under rules introduced last month, Australians - and Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, and Americans - must prove they have a good grasp of English to become UK citizens.”

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  1. Anonymous wrote:

    I might be British but there are those from the UK that would say I couldn’t pass either (I’m from Liverpool). Glaswegians are supposed to be British but they can be nigh on impossible to comprehend- especially if they’ve been sampling the local sherbet.
    Ray

    Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

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