wispfox: (curious)
wispfox ([personal profile] wispfox) wrote2007-08-03 04:53 pm

Because sometimes I want to know strange things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee - fun entry, even if I did know most of it already. La!

[identity profile] sinboy.livejournal.com 2007-08-03 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The term has evolved, through the use of rhyming slang, to the word "seppo" [15] (Yankee - Yank - Septic Tank - Septic - Seppo) in Australia.[3]

Recent usage in Europe indicates that Australian tourists have been called "New Yanks."[16]


Ha ha.

[identity profile] wispfox.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite. :)

Also? Rhyming slang hurts my head!